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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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pan·ic room • another term for a safe room.
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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PANIC ATTACKS SHATTER SECURITY; THEY GRIP MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.(L.A. LIFE)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 11/3/1997; 700+ words
; ...Monterey. ``It hits you from behind.'' Panic disorders may not have a physical cause...Americans who suffer from them. Also called panic attacks or anxiety attacks, they may cause...lives dramatically. ``If you experience panic attacks with any frequency, this...
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Panic Diaries: A Genealogy of Panic Disorder
Magazine article from: The Journal of American Culture; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Panic Diaries: A Genealogy of Panic Disorder Jackie Orr, Durham, NC: Duke Universitty Press, 2006...style of writing reflects the disjointed and incoherent nature of panic itself. The manuscript is a selective chronicle of the study of...
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Panic disorder: A pharmacological armamentarium
Magazine article from: Formulary; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; * Abstract Panic disorder is the most common anxiety disorder...situations may be avoided. Management of panic disorder includes cognitive behavioral...role in the pharmacological management of panic disorder. (Formulary 2003;38:431...
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PANIC ATTACKS in the workplace
Magazine article from: Office Solutions; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...explained to his boss that he had a history of panic attacks and this had been one of them. THE SYMPTOMS Panic attacks affect the body, behavior, and...depression, or ulcers. Unfortunately, panic attacks can happen anywhere, at any time...
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Panic disorder: A tightening vortex of misery
Magazine article from: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...little different from others' who suffer from panic disorder, but not too different. For some, panic attacks may occur in specific situations or...and women who live truncated lives because of panic attacks, the fear of having a panic attack...
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Panic attacks increase suicide attempts.
Magazine article from: Science News; 11/4/1989; ; 700+ words
; Panic attacks increase suicide attempts Some psychiatric conditions, such...schizophrenia, are known to increase a person's risk of suicide. But panic attacks and panic disorder, defined as frequently recurring panic attacks, are also...
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Panic Buys New HQ; Big Plans for MP Biomedicals
Magazine article from: Orange County Business Journal; 1/5/2004; ; 676 words
; Milan Panic, founder and former head of what's now...are declaring this the headquarters," Panic said. The building at 15 Morgan already...ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc., now Valeant. Panic bought ICN Biomedicals in July and renamed...
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When Panic Is Disabling // Wild Bursts of Terror Usually Can Be Treated
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/29/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...diagnosed. The doctor concluded Joan has panic disorder. She is not alone in her condition...is brought on by biological imbalances. Panic is the most common form of anxiety disorder...Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, said panic disorder is among the most treatable disorders...
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Panic attacks can be managed.(Springfield Extra)(The symptoms can strike with little warning, for no apparent reason)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...fact, what Elisa was experiencing was a panic attack, a sudden episode of intense fear...and causes dramatic physical reactions. Panic attacks are frightening. If you experience...having a heart attack or even dying. A panic attack can make your heart pound and cause...
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Panic step down? You've got to be kidding
Magazine article from: Orange County Business Journal; 12/20/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Pharmaceuticals Inc. founder and Chairman Milan Panic has marked two anniversaries-his 70th...about business except picking stocks?" Panic said in an interview last week. In September...Advisors, led a group that sought to oust Panic by using a tactic that would have forced...
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Panics
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...the 1930s, financial panics can precede, both temporally...boundary of the original panic. The possibility exists...debate. Theories of panics as the manifestation...contagion theories of panics, the “ individual...withdrawal and contagious panic. In their model, a...
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Panic
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Panic The term panic is used with a vast variety...of financial or stock market panics, scholars of popular culture discuss moral panics or widespread public anxieties...there is an identification of panic with certain kinds of overt...
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Panic disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Panic disorder Definition Panic disorder is a condition in which the person with the disorder suffers recurrent panic attacks. Panic attacks are sudden attacks that are not caused by...
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Financial Panics
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
FINANCIAL PANICS FINANCIAL PANICS, events during which bank depositors attempt to withdraw their...market participants in general seek to liquefy their assets. Panic of 1785 The panic of 1785, which lasted until 1788, ended the business boom...
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Panic Disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Panic disorder Definition A panic attack is a sudden, intense experience of fear coupled with an overwhelming...a pounding heart, sweating, and rapid breathing. A person with panic disorder may experience repeated panic attacks (at least several...
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