THE PANIC ATTACK QUESTIONNAIRE (PAQ)
INTRODUCTION Below are sample questions taken from the PAQ, which is a questionnaire about panic attacks . The original questionnaire is 9-page long, so here you...
DOES THE AMYGDALA ACTUALLY INHIBIT PANIC ATTACKS?
The amygdala triggers spontaneous “breathing pauses" as a response to an anxiety-provoking situation, but they don’t normally trigger panic attacks. However people with hypersensitivity to Co2 changes (such as panic disorder patients) tend to experience panic attacks when those pauses occur more frequently.