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Non Fearful Panic Disorder

A subset of panic disorder where symptoms/attacks occur without being triggered by fear/phobia.

Symptoms/attacks are described as intense discomfort, accompanied by at least four of the 12 symptoms listed in the DSM definition for panic disorder, yet the symptoms of free-floating anxiety, fear of dying, fear of going crazy, or fear of losing control are noticeably absent.

Cites of Interest
Non-Fearful Panic Disorder in Gastroenterology. Porcelli P, De Carne, M Psychosomatics 2008; 49:543-545

Nonfearful Panic Disorder in Chest Pain Patients. Bringager CB, Dammen T, Friis S Psychosomatics 2004; 45:69–79

Non-Fearful Panic Disorder: A Variant of Panic in Medical Patients? Fleet RP, Martel JP, Lavoie KL, Dupuis G, Beitman BD Psychosomatics 2000; 41:311–320

Non-fearful panic disorder: panic attacks without fear. Beitman BD, Basha I, Flaker G, et al Behav Res Ther 1987; 25:487–492

Panic disorder without fear in patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries. Beitman BD, Kushner M, Lamberti JW, et al J Nerv Ment Dis 1990; 178:307–312

Panic disorder and chest pain: a study of cardiac stress scintigraphy patients. Carter C, Maddock R, Zoglio M, et al Am J Cardiol 1994; 74:296–298

Panic disorder in the families of patients with normal coronary arteries and non-fear panic disorder. Beitman BD, Thomas AM, Kushner MG Behav Res Ther 1992; 30:403–406

Fearful and non-fearful panic attacks in a student population. Wilson KG, Sandler LS, Asmundson GJ Behav Res Ther 1993; 31:407–411

Non-fear panic disorder in neurological patients validated by lactate infusion. Russell J, Kushner M, Beitman B, et al: Am J Psychiatry 1991; 148:361–364