Causes and Treatment of Panic Attacks
Causes and Treatment of Panic Attacks
Rosendo Rodriguez
Liberty University
Abstract
It is necessary to first understand what anxiety disorder is in order to understand more easily what and how panic attacks occur in an individual. Anxiety is a normal reaction to different situations of life. However, when it comes as chronic or excessive it becomes a disease that prevents the normal functioning of a person. The anxiety symptoms are a response to a situation that is interpreted as dangerous. When our body is exposed to a threat our body reacts by activating certain brain areas that end up altering the sympathetic nervous system (SNP), which produce the anxious symptoms. Anxiety is a positive motivator when is experienced at a low level and an individual can face challenges and endeavors in a challenging way. But when anxiety is excessive rather than facilitate the performance of people interferes with the performance of their normal life. When this happens then we are talking of pathological anxiety or anxiety disorders. In other to treat this condition can Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Drug Therapy be the best choice for mental Health Professionals.
Etiology of Panic Disorder
Panic disorder is characterized by spontaneous and unexpected occurrence of panic
Attacks, the frequency of which can vary from several attacks per day to only a few attacks per year. Panic disorder is usually qualified with the presence or absence of agoraphobia. (C Barr Taylor, 2006). According to DSM-IV (J Nerv Ment, 2013), panic attacks are classifying 1n different Presentations. “Within the current diagnostic nomenclature, panic attacks are represented in three ways: a) unexpected attacks that come out of the blue with no known precipitant; b) situationally bound attacks, which are brought on consistently by a specific stimulus or situation (these panic attacks are very common in response to feared stimuli in specific phobias);
Rosendo Rodriguez
Liberty University
Abstract
It is necessary to first understand what anxiety disorder is in order to understand more easily what and how panic attacks occur in an individual. Anxiety is a normal reaction to different situations of life. However, when it comes as chronic or excessive it becomes a disease that prevents the normal functioning of a person. The anxiety symptoms are a response to a situation that is interpreted as dangerous. When our body is exposed to a threat our body reacts by activating certain brain areas that end up altering the sympathetic nervous system (SNP), which produce the anxious symptoms. Anxiety is a positive motivator when is experienced at a low level and an individual can face challenges and endeavors in a challenging way. But when anxiety is excessive rather than facilitate the performance of people interferes with the performance of their normal life. When this happens then we are talking of pathological anxiety or anxiety disorders. In other to treat this condition can Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Drug Therapy be the best choice for mental Health Professionals.
Etiology of Panic Disorder
Panic disorder is characterized by spontaneous and unexpected occurrence of panic
Attacks, the frequency of which can vary from several attacks per day to only a few attacks per year. Panic disorder is usually qualified with the presence or absence of agoraphobia. (C Barr Taylor, 2006). According to DSM-IV (J Nerv Ment, 2013), panic attacks are classifying 1n different Presentations. “Within the current diagnostic nomenclature, panic attacks are represented in three ways: a) unexpected attacks that come out of the blue with no known precipitant; b) situationally bound attacks, which are brought on consistently by a specific stimulus or situation (these panic attacks are very common in response to feared stimuli in specific phobias);