Response to sodium lactate infusions has been proposed as an experimental model and a
biologic marker for panic attacks. Several authors have claimed that patients suffering from …

Abstract The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III) contains little specific information
pertaining to the ages of onset of anxiety disorders. Such information is of clinical and …

This paper reviews anxiety, panic, and phobic disorders as they were described in landmark
works, along with more recent epidemiologic studies of the disorders. The author discusses …

Ten patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks and 10 normal controls
received infusions of normal saline (placebo) and sodium lactate in a single-blind design …

The validity of distinguishing between the diagnoses of panic disorder and agoraphobia with
panic attacks was examined in a study of 20 patients with each disorder. Comparison of …

It is commonly accepted that early traumatic separation experiences predispose to the
development of agoraphobia in adults. This separation anxiety hypothesis has been …

Fifty-one patients who met DSM-III criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, and who were
recruited to participate in a drug outcome study, filled out a variety of rating scales and had …

A 28-yr-old woman with a 6-yr history of chronic depersonalization and derealization
participated in single-blind therapeutic trials of carbamazepine and clonazepam and took …

Anxious patients, and more specifically, patients experiencing panic attacks, are thought to
have a significant biological component to their illness. This study looks at two promising …

In a single-blind study using sodium lactate infusions to provoke panic attacks, 11 of 15
patients with panic disorder panicked with lactate. None of the 15 control subjects panicked …