Panic Disorder
People occasionally feel anxious when they are encountering severe problems in life, taking an exam, writing their psychopathology papers, or making critical decisions. Sometimes it can get overwhelmed, and one could have anxiety or panic attack. People are often mistaking panic attack with panic disorder. A panic attack is an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes (DSM-5, 2013). While the panic attack is not a mental disorder, it can take place when anxiety disorder and other mental disorder occur. Panic disorder shows the presence panic attack and shares the same symptoms, however, panic disorder is more severe than a panic attack.
It characterized by the frequent and recurrent panic attack. Panic disorder is defined as a recurrent unexpected panic attack. The term recurrent refers that the disorder happens more than one time. Panic disorder is unexpected which means that there is
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In the United States and European, approximately 2%-3% of the general population undergo panic disorder. The onset age in the United States is 20-24 years old. However, it can also be developing as early as a person’s childhood or later after 45 years. The onset in childhood and late-adult are a rare occasion, but it is possible. Race and gender are few factors that increase the risk. According to the studies, a lower rate of panic disorder is reported in Latinos, African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and Asian Americans. In contrast, the significantly higher rate of this disorder is a presence in American Indians. Clinical diagnostic did not find evidence of how sex has influences on the rates of the risk. However, there is a connection between the disorder and the Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), which is a gene found only in the female. Panic disorder is most common adolescents or adult females, especially if they are also American