Measurement of lactate-induced panic and anxiety

Donald J. Dillon, Jack M. Gorman, Michael R. Liebowitz, Abby J. Fyer, Donald F. Klein

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Abstract

Acute Panic Inventory (API) scores were obtained from 26 normal controls and 89 patients with either panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks before and during lactate infusions. Retrospective ratings of the patients' usual spontaneous attacks were much higher, by API, than ratings of moments of severe stress by the controls. Point of panic API scores, as well as increments of panic scores over prelactate scores, were higher for patients who experienced lactate panics than for both controls and patients who did not panic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)97-105
Number of pages9
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1987

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgment. The research reported was supported in part by MH-903-1163G and MH-CR903C006 from the National Institute of Mental Health and by Research Scientist Development Award MH-000416 to Dr. Gorman. The authors thank Samuel Anderson, Ph.D., and Andrew Levin, M.D., for their suggestions, as well as Gail Levy, Ph.D., Michael Palij, Barry Cohen, and John Pavlos for data-analytic assistance.

Funding

Acknowledgment. The research reported was supported in part by MH-903-1163G and MH-CR903C006 from the National Institute of Mental Health and by Research Scientist Development Award MH-000416 to Dr. Gorman. The authors thank Samuel Anderson, Ph.D., and Andrew Levin, M.D., for their suggestions, as well as Gail Levy, Ph.D., Michael Palij, Barry Cohen, and John Pavlos for data-analytic assistance.

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Mental HealthMH-000416

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Psychiatry and Mental health
    • Biological Psychiatry

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