Severity of Panic Disorder similar in smokers and nonsmokers

May 25th, 2007 | Category: Anxiety Disorders

Lexa W Lee

May 24, 2007 (San Diego) - Panic disorder, which past studies have associated with smoking, is similar in severity within smokers and nonsmokers, a new study suggests.

The findings were presented here at the American Psychiatric organization 2007 Annual Meeting. However, in that cohort, depression scores were higher for smokers than nonsmokers. “We found no differences regarding its severity in smokers and nonsmokers,

although there are studies that indicate there are more panic disorders in smokers than nonsmokers.”

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“In that study, all the patients had panic disorder,” first author Rafael Freire, MD, a psychiatrist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, told Medscape.

Original post by Anxiety Insights

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