Panic disorder and agoraphobia
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0099
Panic disorder draws its name from the Greek god Pan, god of flocks. Pan was known for suddenly frightening animals and humans ‘out of the blue’. The spontaneous ‘out of the blue’ character of panic attacks is the principal identifying characteristic of panic disorder and central to its recognition and diagnosis. We know the syndrome that we currently call panic disorder with and without agoraphobia has probably existed since the beginning of recorded history. Hippocrates presented cases of obvious phobic avoidance around 400
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