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[Panic attacks and cardiac phobia].

D O Nutzinger1, H G Zapotoczky, S Cayiroglu

  • 1Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Wien.

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
|August 28, 1987
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Cardiac phobia patients often experience recurring panic disorder symptoms despite treatment. However, long-term outcomes show reduced perceived threat and help-seeking behavior, suggesting improved coping mechanisms.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Anxiety Disorders

Context:

  • Cardiac phobia is often misclassified within somatoform disorders.
  • Panic disorder diagnosis is common in patients presenting with cardiac phobia.
  • Longitudinal study design tracks patient outcomes over time.

Purpose:

  • To evaluate the long-term clinical course and treatment outcomes of cardiac phobia.
  • To assess the relationship between cardiac phobia, panic disorder, and hypochondriasis.
  • To question the current classification of cardiac phobia in diagnostic manuals.

Summary:

  • 36 cardiac phobia patients were initially assessed; 29 were followed up after 2.5 years.
  • All patients met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) criteria for panic disorder.

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  • Follow-up revealed recurrent anxiety attacks but decreased perceived threat and help-seeking behavior.

    • Impact:

    • Findings challenge the DSM-III classification of cardiac phobia as hypochondriasis.
    • Suggests a need for revised diagnostic criteria for cardiac phobia.
    • Highlights the complex interplay between anxiety symptoms, perceived threat, and help-seeking in cardiac phobia.