[Are pathological (or vital) anxiety and common fear the same experiences? A controlled study].
BACKGROUND
Some authors affirm that the anxiety of panic attacks is endogenous and of different quality that the common fear. But objective clinical data don't exist that confirm that observation.


METHODS
The authors study by means of a discriminant analysis the description of the anxiety made by subject with panic attacks and normal subjects with common fear.


RESULTS
It meet a discriminant function that shows the existence of qualitative differences between both experiences.


CONCLUSIONS
It seem to have achieved enough empirical support in order to sustain that the anxiety of panic attacks and the common fear are two qualitatively different experiences; presumably due to their several origin.
Ramos Brieva
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Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital, Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Montejo Iglesias
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ML
Ponce de León
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del Valle López
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Lafuente López
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R
Cordero Villafáfila
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A
Baca García
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E
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
Son la misma experiencia la angustia patológica (o vital) y el miedo común? (un estudio controlado).