Panic Disorder and it's Management

SUBJECT:- MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

TOPIC:- SEMINAR
ON
“ PANIC DISORDER”




PRESENTED BY

MS. RASHMEET KAUR

REGISTERED NURSE

,INTRODUCTI
ON
PANIC DISORDER IS A TYPE OF ANXIETY
DISORDER. IT CAUSES PANIC ATTACK, WHICH
ARE SUDDEN FEELINGS OF TERROR WHEN
THERE IS NO REAL DANGER. PANIC ATTACK
CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AND
WITHOUT WARNING. MANY OF THEM CAN
FEEL AS THEY ARE LOSING CONTROL OVER
THEMSELVES. YOU MAY LIVE IN FEAR OF
ANOTHER ATTACK AND MAY AVOID PLACES
WHERE YOU HAD AN ATTACK.

, DEFINITION:-
PANIC DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY
ANXIETY, WHICH IS INTERMITTENT AND
UNRELATED TO PARTICULAR
CIRCUMSTANCES. THE CENTRAL FEATURE
IS THE OCCURENCE OF PANIC ATTACKS I.E
SUDDEN ATTACKS OF ANXIETY IN WHICH
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS PREDOMINATE AND
ARE ACCOMPANIED BY FEAR OF A SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCE SUCH AS A HEART ATTACK.
~ R.

SREEVANI