Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

by Borwin Bandelow, Katharina Domschke, David Baldwin

Overview

Panic disorder is characterized by sudden, unexpected attacks of intense fear and anticipatory anxiety. Panic attacks include symptoms such as palpitations, dyspnoea, dizziness, trembling, gastrointestinal discomfort and fear of dying. Therefore, patients with panic disorder often assume physical illnesses may underly their symptoms. They frequently consult psychiatrists and psychologists, but also general practitioners, cardiologists, neurologists and other medical specialists. Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, this pocketbook will serve as a concise and practical manual for the management of patients with panic disorder in clinical practice. It provides a user-friendly guide to the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191004261
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Series:	Oxford Psychiatry Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Professor Borwin Bandelow is Acting Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Gottingen, Germany. He is a specialist in neurology and psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Professor Katharina Domschke, MA, MD, PhD, is a Full Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Germany. David Baldwin is Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Mental Health Group in the Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton in the UK. He leads an NHS Mood Disorders Service based at College Keep in Southampton. He trained in medicine at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London and then in psychiatry at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and the Maudsley Hospital, London. He is an Honorary Professor in the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Professor Baldwin leads the Anxiety Disorders Research Network, an international multicentre independent collaborative cross-disciplinary research grouping, with support from the ECNP and European Commission. He is the author of 230 full articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and author or co-author of 8 books and 34 chapters in books.

Table of Contents

1. Diagnosis2. Aetiology3. Pharmacological treatment4. Non-pharmacological treatmentAppendices

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Aaron John Plattner, MD (Network180 )
Description: Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, which strives to educate readers in a clear and concise way about different psychiatric disorders, this book focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia.
Purpose: People who suffer from panic disorder with or without agoraphobia present not only in psychiatric settings, but also in other medical settings. The editors wish to provide a short yet complete manual for healthcare professionals to be successful in treating those suffering from panic disorder to live a more productive life.
Audience: The authors identify the audience as psychiatrists and psychologists, in addition to general practitioners, cardiologists, neurologists, and other medical specialists and healthcare providers who may encounter people suffering from panic disorders. While any of these healthcare providers can benefit from this book, those who are not primarily involved in mental healthcare will get the most out of this book, as psychiatrists and psychologists should be reading more detailed books. Although emergency room physicians are not specifically identified as an audience, they would also benefit from this book.
Features: The book first explains how to make an appropriate diagnosis of panic disorder, including important diagnoses to be ruled out. The next section reviews research findings that point to different hypotheses of the etiology of panic disorders. The book concludes by reviewing both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for panic disorder. Each chapter begins with key points, uses a variety of graphics to improve readers' ability to remember the information, and concludes with references and information for future reading. The book ends with an overall summary, two helpful appendixes, and an index.
Assessment: This is an excellent resource on panic disorder and agoraphobia. The authors do a great job of providing readers with a solid foundation on these disorders, including appropriate treatment options. I appreciate the graphics, which enable quick referencing, including the panic and agoraphobia scale in appendix 2. While the etiology section is interesting, because of its nonspecific nature, future editions likely do not require as much detail. Although this book carries a 2014 copyright, it still references the DSM-IV instead of the DSM-5. Future editions should reference the most recent DSM-5 version.

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