title: Panic disorder, panic attacks and panic attack symptoms across race-ethnic groups: results of the collaborative psychiatric epidemiology studies.
abstract: The current study investigates race-ethnic differences in rates of panic disorder, panic attacks and certain panic attack symptoms by jointly combining three major national epidemiological databases. The compared groups were White, African American, Latino and Asian. The White group had significantly higher rates of panic disorder, and of many panic symptoms, including palpitations, as compared to the African American, Asian and Latino groups. Several expected race-ethnic differences were not found. An explanation for these findings are adduced, and suggestions are given for future studies so that possible ethnic-racial differences in panic disorder, panic attacks and panic attack symptoms can be investigated in a more rigorous manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asnaani
authors.forename: Cassidy A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gutner
authors.forename: Devon E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hinton
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology
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