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Panic disorder and Specific phobia

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Difference between Panic disorder and Specific phobia

Panic disorder vs. Specific phobia

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by reoccurring unexpected panic attacks. A specific phobia is any kind of anxiety disorder that amounts to an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations.

Similarities between Panic disorder and Specific phobia

Panic disorder and Specific phobia have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Anxiolytic, Benzodiazepine, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fear, Panic attack, Psychiatry.

Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.

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Anxiety disorder

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant feelings of anxiety and fear.

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Anxiolytic

An anxiolytic (also antipanic or antianxiety agent) is a medication or other intervention that inhibits anxiety.

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Benzodiazepine

Benzodiazepines (BZD, BZs), sometimes called "benzos", are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that is the most widely used evidence-based practice aimed at improving mental health.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

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Fear

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events.

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Panic attack

Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear that may include palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, numbness, or a feeling that something bad is going to happen.

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Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

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The list above answers the following questions

Panic disorder and Specific phobia Comparison

Panic disorder has 104 relations, while Specific phobia has 22. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 7.14% = 9 / (104 + 22).

References

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