ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Pichet Udomratn, M.D.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Epidemiology of Panic Disorder.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 46 No.3 July-September 2001, P 247-261.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Recent articles and research papers on the epidemiology of panic disorder were reviewed. It is difficult to compare the results from those studies due to the lack of uniformity of the assessment methods. However, it can be concluded that the lifetime prevalence of panic attack was 7-9% while the annual prevalence of panic disorder was generally about 1%. In Thailand, the rate of panic disorder in patients who first attended at the psychiatric outpatient clinic was 0.7-12.4%. Regarding sex difference in many countries, the range of the female : male ratio of panic disorder in patients living in the community was 1.3 : 1 to 5.8 : 1. In Thailand, the range of the female : male ratio in patients attended at the clinic was 0.67 : 1 to 1.45 : 1. These differences may be due to cultural factors. Thai women suffering panic attacks are considered as "pen lom" or having the "wind illness" of women which is treated by traditional medicine at home, while Thai men having panic attacks are considered as having a medical illness which should be treated medically. The age at onset of panic disorder follows a bimodal distribution with an early mode in late adolescence and a later one in the mid-life period. Several studies have suggested that life events in childhood may enhance the risk of panic disorder in adulthood. The comorbidity of panic disorder and other psychiatric disorders are primarily found with major depression and social phobia.

Keywords: panic disorder, epidemiology, prevalence, sex ratio, comorbidity

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2001

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110.

Code: 000009

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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