Orenstein H, Peskind A, Raskind M A
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104.
Am J Psychiatry. 1988 Nov;145(11):1428-30. doi: 10.1176/ajp.145.11.1428.
The authors interviewed 144 consecutive female psychiatric patients and found that those with a lifetime history of either panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks (panic/agoraphobia) were more likely than other patients to report a history of hyperthyroidism or goiter in themselves and in their first-degree relatives. A personal history of hyperthyroidism or goiter was found almost exclusively in the subgroup of patients with panic/agoraphobia who also had a lifetime history of major depression.
