Abstract
Authors present in this chapter some relationships between self-consciousness and panic disorder. Discussion is based on Karl Jaspers’ phenomenological descriptions of the self-consciousness manifestations, aiming to explore the ideas of Jaspers about the relations between self-constitution and panic attacks. Some broad definitions of self-consciousness and some illustrated descriptions of their pathological manifestations are also presented, and the some psychological contributions for panic disorder. Panic disorder etiologies keep under investigation and stressful events in childhood and adulthood seem relevant. Another aspect addressed in this chapter is the association between brain regulation of self-consciousness, since neurological regulation of self-consciousness depends on brain structures responsible for programming and self-monitoring of our behavior. All common neurologic and clinical aspects between panic and schizophrenia seem to be connected by self-consciousness physiopathology and its psychopathological manifestations.
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Gabínio, T., Veras, A.B., Kahn, J.P. (2016). Self-Consciousness and Panic. In: Nardi, A., Freire, R. (eds) Panic Disorder. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12538-1_14
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