PSYCHIATRIC REVIEW OF SYMPTOMS


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[comment memo="Panic disorder clients have themes centered around catastrophic physical or mental experiences. They fear going crazy or having a heart attack or humiliation and failure. These thoughts are usually triggered by internal events (such as chest pain, dizziness, and palpitations) or external events (such as being alone in the evenings, during an argument, or when confined in a crowded place). The physical sensation is misattributed and believed to signal something medically serious and the linkage is usually very specific (dizziness=fainting, chest pressure=heart attack, distorted vision=blindness, headache+brain tumor, etc "]