[Clinical survey of background and personality associated with panic disorder seen in the gynecology out-patient clinic].
Personality, social circumstances, and source of worry were studied in the patients with panic disorder seen in the Gynecology out-patient clinic. 1) Forty percent (6/15) of patients have experienced surgical operation. Ten out of 15 (66.7%) patients were anguished and felt anxious about their diseases and 5 patients had a feeling of dissatisfaction about the explanation from the doctors. 2) Sixty percent of patients were considered to have an alexithymic personality and 46.7% had an N shaped pattern in the Egogram. The patients with panic disorder were considered to have a perfectionistic, scrupulous personality, which is related to a Tellenbach's melancholic type. 3) Social circumstances, status variables, and causes of worry associated most closely with panic attacks were health problems, or a troublesome relationship with their husbands or relatives. These data suggest that psychologic, personality, and sociologic factors may be responsible for panic attacks. We need to treat the patients with panic disorder psychosomatically taking into consideration the sociocultural and psychological factors of each individual.
Ushiroyama
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College.
Sugimoto
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D010551:Personality; D012931:Social Environment