Normal pain sensitivity in patients with panic disorder.
The pain sensitivity of 18 patients with panic disorder and age- and sex-matched controls was assessed by signal detection analysis. The authors failed to demonstrate any difference in pain sensitivity between the two groups. The relationship between state anxiety, as assessed by the Spielberger scale, and pain in panic patients tended to be in the opposite direction from that in normals.
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010200:Panic / Q000502:physiology*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds