PANIC ATTACKS WITH CYCLOLEPTIC COURSE - D IFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS TO DISTINGUISH PANIC DISORDER FROM EPILEPTIC ANXIETY

Authors
HEINEMANN F ASSION HJ
Citation
F. Heinemann et Hj. Assion, PANIC ATTACKS WITH CYCLOLEPTIC COURSE - D IFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS TO DISTINGUISH PANIC DISORDER FROM EPILEPTIC ANXIETY, Psychiatrische Praxis, 23(4), 1996, pp. 192-193
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychiatrische Praxis → ACNP
ISSN journal
03034259
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
192 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-4259(1996)23:4<192:PAWCC->2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
This paper reports on a patient suffering from panic-attacks. A therap y with antidepressants and benzodiazepines was ineffective. The panic- attacks had a short duration and a cycloleptic course. Under the treat ment with carbamazepine panic attacks improved. The differential diagn osis of panic disorder and epileptic panic attacks is discussed.