Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1061-1062
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Panic attacks in young adolescents
C Hayward, JD Killen and CB Taylor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5490.
The lifetime prevalence of interview-determined four-symptom panic attacks
in 95 ninth graders was 11.6%. Those with panic attacks were significantly
more depressed, were significantly more likely to have separated or
divorced parents, and tended to be more likely to have tried cigarette
smoking.
