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Panic disorderEpidemiologyPanic disorder (PD) is relatively common. Estimates of lifetime prevalence of panic disorder range from 1.5-3.8%. Up to 15% of all Americans are likely to experience a panic attack at some point in their lifetime (Katerndahl and Realini, 1993). Women are 2.5-3 times more likely to be affected than men and have double the rate of recurrence of panic attacks after remission of the condition (Yonkers et al., 1998). Low education status is connected with a higher incidence of the condition, while the incidence is generally lower in people who work, are married, and do not live alone. Approximately one-third of patients with panic disorder also has agoraphobia, and PD with agoraphobia is diagnosed about twice as frequently in females as in males. The most common age of onset is the mid-teens and early adulthood. However, PD may begin at any time, with the maximum risk of panic attacks being between the ages of 25 and 44 years. |
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