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Gregory A Leskin1, Javaid I Sheikh
1Stanford University School of Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Objective:
The purpose of this article is to examine prevalence of lifetime traumatic experiences in a community sample of panic disorder patients.
Method:
We examined trauma rates in a cohort of panic disorder patients. Also, we statistically disaggregated comorbid PTSD from individuals diagnosed with panic disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey.
Findings:
Panic disorder patients suffer lifetime traumatic experiences at high rates. We found that 24.2% of females and 5% of males with panic disorder reported previous history of being sexually molested.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that trauma may act as a risk factor for panic disorder, as well as comorbid panic disorder and PTSD.
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