panic disorder
Clinical teaching and practical ideas for your next study session.
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic: Match Each Drill to the Fear
For an interoceptive-exposure SAQ, go beyond naming drills: match each bodily cue to the fear it tests, and avoid promising that habituation proves safety.
After No Acute MI Is Identified: Discussing Panic-Like Chest Symptoms
Repeated reassuring emergency evaluations do not necessarily make a patient feel safe—or establish a psychiatric diagnosis. This case discussion shows how to validate chest symptoms, explain what prior tests do and do not establish, and build a shared follow-up plan without dismissing medical risk.
Panic or Benzodiazepine Withdrawal? A Safer Triage Decision
When a patient taking alprazolam presents with terror, tachycardia, and tremor after missed doses, the key question is not whether the symptoms resemble panic. It is whether the pattern signals withdrawal requiring medical monitoring, how to distinguish physical dependence from benzodiazepine use disorder, and how to move from rescue treatment to a supervised long-term plan.