title: [Separation anxiety and panic disorder].
abstract: History od separation anxiety was investigated in several psychiatryc disorders and in 150 patients with panic disorder following DSM III-R criteria. Separation anxiety was reported by 15.3% of patients with panic disorder, 3.3% of the healthy control group, 13.3% of patients with major depression, 16.7% with dystymia, 13.3% with generalized anxiety and 33.3% with social phobia (p < 0.001). Separation anxiety is thus considered a common predisposing factor of anxiety and depressive disorders. Panic disorder patients with a history of separation anxiety had an earlier age at panic onset and greater comorbidity with social phobia and agoraphobia.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Psiquiatría, Hospital del Sagrado Corazón (La Alianza), Barcelona. juanseguimontesinos@globalmed.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seguí
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvador
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortíz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales