title: [Panic attacks in adolescents].
abstract: Anxiety has been the object of many therapeutic attempts, often in the absence of well-founded indications and often yielding inconclusive results. We obtained good results in two adolescents for whom we used a new classification system based upon the differential action of psychotropic drugs on anxiety. More specifically, this approach singled out the panic disorder by demonstrating that patients with this disorder react specifically to antidepressant drugs. More extensive studies are clearly needed to confirm that these results, well established for adult patients, also apply to an adolescent population.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dugas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Halfon
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nedey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Contamin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010200:Panic / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D007773:Lactates; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D019344:Lactic Acid
vernacular_title: Les attaques de panique chez l'adolescent.