Talk:Panic Disorder

Do not Merge Panic Attacks should not be merged with Panic Disorder for the reasons listed below but also becasue there three charateristic types of panic attacks: unexpected, situationally bound, and situationally predisposed. Each type of panic attack is defined by a different set of relationships between the onset of the attack and the presence or absence of situational triggers that can include cues that are either external or internal. A diagnosis of Panic disorder necessitates unexpected attacks although it can include situational attacks. However, this does not indicate an ''exclusive realtionship. For example, consider a woman who has a panic attack prior to a public speaking announcement. If this woman states that the focus of her anxiety was an impending heart attack then the diagnosis of Panic Disorder might be made. However, if this woman identifies the focus of her anxiety with being embarrassed and humiliated than she is more likely to have Social Phobia. Therefore, it is no more appropriate to merge panic attack with panic disorder than panic attack with social phobia. 202.52.249.251 10:35, 16 August 2007 (UTC)katieemily

Do Not Merge. I don't think the article on Panic Attacks should be merged with the article on Panic Disorder. They are greatly different and in fact many people can have panic attacks without having panic disorder. It is sufficient that the articles are linked by internal links etc. However they should remain two distinct articles. Lastly, the Panic Attack article describes a symptom while the Panic Disorder article discusses a disease- they are not the same and thus should not be merged. Merging them would only lead to confusion. Paulee24 00:42, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Do Not Merge Various disorders, other than Panic Disorder can have panic attacks as part of them. To quote DSM-IV, "Panic Attacks can occur in a variety of Anxiety Disorders (e.g., Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder)." To merge it into Panic Disorder would merge it with its main disorder but would then limit the effectiveness of cross referencing from the other disorders. While Panic Attacks are essential for the diagnosis of Panic Disorder, Panic Attacks can occur without there being a diagnosis of Panic Disorder. Thus the only logical merging would be to merge Panic Disorder as a subheading of Panic Attacks. My view is that it would be a bad idea to do this as we would then lose the separate article of Panic Disorder when we have most, if not all of DSM disorders covered with their own article. --CloudSurfer 06:21, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Do Not Merge Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder are not the same and thus should not be merged. It is important to differentiate between the two. What would be the possible upside of merging them anyway? Keep both articles separate and do not merge them.Unkle25 04:39, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Do Not Merge Merging these articles would imply that there is an exclusive causal relationship between the conditions. There is not. --DashaKat 13:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Do Not Merge What everyone else said. Merging the two would be like making fever and flu the same article. Absentis 15:24, 14 August 2007 (UTC)