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Research progress in the relationship between panic disorder and childhood trauma

  • YANG Chen ,
  • WANG Zhen ,
  • SHAO Yang
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  • Department of Clinical Psychology, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China

Online published: 2019-08-26

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 81671340; Shanghai Municipal Education Commission—Gaofeng Clinical Medicine Support, 20161321; Outstanding Academic Leaders of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, 2017BR058

Abstract

As a common mental disorder, panic disorder (PD) repeats unpredictably and negatively, influencing social function and life quality of patients. With the increasingly fierce social environment, the incidence of PD has been increasing yearyear which accounts for an increasing proportion of the global burden of disease. In recent years, research on the relationship between childhood trauma and PD has been increasing, which included the impact of multiple aspects of physical or emotional abuse, physical or emotional neglect, sexual abuse, and family dysfunction on PD. And as a predictor of PD, separation anxiety in childhood is closely related to PD. This paper reviews the research progress of childhood physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual aband separation parents of PD patients.

Cite this article

YANG Chen , WANG Zhen , SHAO Yang . Research progress in the relationship between panic disorder and childhood trauma[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2019 , 39(7) : 800 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2019.07.020

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