You will need to critically explore the disorder, paying attention to prevalence of the disorder and any gender differences. Ensure that you use the DSM-5 (APA, 2013) as the foundation for this...

Critical Exploration of The Panic Disorder in Australia
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CRITICAL EXPLORATION OF THE PANIC DISORDER IN AUSTRALIA
Table of Contents
3Introduction
3Analysis
9Conclusion
11References
Introduction
Panic disorder is a kind of a syndrome which causes anxiety among the people. In case of a panic attack, even if there is no real danger, there are sudden feelings of te
or among the person affected to this syndrome (American Psychiatric Association, 2020). The person feels of being losing the control along with heartbeat at faster rate, pains in the chest and stomach, sweating, weakness as well as difficulty to
eath. Panic disorder can happen with anyone anywhere without any caution. Further, panic disorders have been found more among the women than the men. It initiates at an early age when the people are under stressful situation. The person in the fear of panic attacks avoids places or deters to leave their home. But the people affected to this disorder can get better with medical treatment and therapy (National Institute of Mental Health, 2021). According to the DSM-5 panic attack is an unexpected gush of intense anxiety which reaches its peak within few minutes (Nicole Washington, 2022). Based on this discussion we will analyse on the prevalence of this disorder and if there are any gender variations. Further, we will also discuss the treatments used to get cured from panic disorder. This will help us to analyse how untreated panic disorder can impact the lives of the individual as well as lead to difficulties in the work. But the good news about panic disorder is that it can be treated through medication and we will learn the varied ways the ailment can be treated in Australia.
Analysis
· Critically explore panic disorde
· Prevalence
· How big of a problem is disorder in Australia?
20% of the Australians suffers from behavioural illness, 13% suffers from anxiety related conditions and 10% suffers from depression according to research conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2018).
This disorder is found more among the teens in their early twenties. Further, the women are twice more likely to be affected by this disorder than the men. Around 1 out of 6 women in Australia experience depression and 1 out of 3 experiences anxiety during their lifetime (Beyond Blue, 2022).
For determining the prevalence of this panic disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was used. There was a survey conducted in Australia in the year 2007 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which collected information from 8841 participants of the age group 16-85 years in Australia. With the aid of an interview organized by the World Health Composite International Diagnostics there was a 12-month and a life-time assessment on the panic disorders among these people. The results were astonishing with panic disorder found to be more prevalent among the women and the younger age groups. Further, it was found that approximately 8.4% of the Australians survey met the criteria for social anxiety disorder at some point during their lifetime. Within 12-months timeline it was 4.2%. Also, among the surveyed people around 70% had como
id health related issues while it was just 0.3% of the people suffering from panic disorder as per the revised performance only specifier mentioned in the DSM-5 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2021). A slightly higher than 20% of the people suffering from panic disorder in Australia sought medical treatment from the general practitioners
· Australian Statistics
The prevalence of the panic disorders among the women and the young teens in Australian society is very high. According to a recent survey it was found that there were symptoms of panic disorders found among 9.7% of the adults in the 12-month period according to the criteria mentioned in DSM-5 with respect to anxiety disorder. Further, the life-time prevalence rate was 10.2% which indicates the chronicity of the panic disorder among the Australian society
There were 72% of the people who did not get access to professional mental health assistance. Further, panic disorder is a disorder which impact almost 2.4% of the Australian population within the 12-month timeline
· Gender Differences
According to the studies it was found that panic disorders were more common among women than men with ratio resembling 2 to 2.5:1. Therefore, the females were 2.5 times affected with panic disorders than the males. The reasons for anxiety disorder prevalent more among the females was with the women who were being separated from their family or husband, widow or divorced, are not...