title: Life events and course of illness in patients with panic disorder.
abstract: Eleven panic disorder patients who had experienced a major loss or separation in the year before they had their first panic attack were significantly more likely to develop a subsequent major depression than were 22 patients who had not suffered such a loss.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic