ICD-10 Criteria for Panic Disorder
What is the ICD-10 Criteria for Panic Disorder? Here is the answer.
The ICD-10 Criteria for Panic Disorder
World Health Organization
Panic Disorder ICD-10 Criteria (F41.1)
The essential feature is recurrent attacks of severe anxiety (panic), which are not restricted to any situation or set of circumstances and are therefore unpredictable. The dominant symptoms include:
- Sudden onset of palpitations
- Chest pain
- Choking sensations
- Dizziness
- Feelings of unreality (depersonalization or derealization)
- Secondary fear of dying, losing control or going mad
We should not give the panic disorder as the main diagnosis if the person has a depressive disorder at the time the attacks start; in these circumstances, the panic attacks are secondary to depression.