Hypochondria? Or Panic Disorder? From: The Washington Post | Date: June 20, 1989 | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Karlyn Barker's report "Hypochondria: It's No Joke" {Cover story, June 6} was thoughtful, balanced and sympathetic. Recent research shows that a highly treatable disorder, often assumed to be hypochondria, is underdiagnosed and undertreated.

This is panic disorder, a syndrome in which the body's alarm system-the autonomic nervous system-goes into action with little or no obvious cause. A bewildering array of physical symptoms erupt that mimic those of cardiac disease (such as heart a...

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