panic disorder
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈpænɪk dɪsˈɔrdər/
- Specialized
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trastorno de pánico
- Jenkins was offered 10 sessions of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy and was diagnosed by the psychotherapist with panic disorder without agoraphobia.
- panic disorder with agoraphobia
- panic disorder and anxiety
- panic disorder in primary care
So it's like, you know, I for one, as somebody who has panic disorder, this isn't going to help me.
- So it's like, you know, I for one, as somebody who has panic disorder, this isn't going to help me.
- And when I applied the methods that I would apply with others when they had panic disorder, it didn't really fully hit what I thought, what was needed for me.
Examples
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OK, We do know that panic disorder often sits alongside something called agoraphobia.
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Does this patient have generalized anxiety or panic disorder?
Academic text (2014) -
Psychological education was focused on panic disorder, how it develops and why it does not go away.
Academic text (2012) -
So it's like, you know, I for one, as somebody who has panic disorder, this isn't going to help me.
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What is panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia?
Academic text (2012) -
Measures for related areas such as panic disorder, social phobia, and stress syndromes were not included.
Academic text (2009) -
Can emotional processing account for generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder?
Academic text (1991) -
How might panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder differ from other anxiety syndromes?
Academic text (1991) -
The Patient Health Questionnaire had 81% sensitivity and 99% specificity for detecting panic disorder.
Academic text (2014) -
Many people with panic disorder experience sudden feelings of intense fear that can occur without warning.
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently compositional: 'panic' (sudden overwhelming fear) combined with 'disorder' (a medical/mental condition) yields a condition characterized by panic. This noun-noun construction follows a common, cross-linguistic medical naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Panic disorder comes from the old Greek god Pan, because people long ago believed Pan could suddenly shout and frighten people and animals, so the word panic came to mean 'sudden fear'. So, panic disorder describes a condition of repeated, unexpected 'panic' attacks, times of very strong fear that start quickly.