Characteristics of initial fearful spells and their associations with DSM-IV panic attacks and panic disorder in adolescents and young adults from the community

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 165; pp. 95 - 102
• Main Authors: Asselmann, Eva, Pané-Farré, Christiane, Isensee, Barbara, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich, Lieb, Roselind, Höfler, Michael, Beesdo-Baum, Katja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 20.08.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcohol consumption; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Anxiety-Depression; Appraisal; Biological and medical sciences; Characteristic; Consequence; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Fear; Fearful spell; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mood disorders; Panic attack; Panic disorder; Panic Disorder - complications; Panic Disorder - psychology; Panic disorders; Prospective Studies; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Selfreport; Trigger; Young Adult; Young adults; Trigger; Panic attack; Panic disorder; Characteristic; Consequence; Appraisal; Fearful spell; Human; Affect affectivity; Evaluation; Panic; Anxiety disorder; Emotion emotionality; Fear; Adolescent; Young adult; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV; Community

Few studies examined characteristics of initial fearful spells (FS) or panic attacks (PA) and their relation to DSM-IV PA and panic disorder (PD). A community sample of adolescents and young adults (N=3021) was followed up in 4 waves (T0–T3) over up to 10 years. FS, PA, and PD were assessed at each...