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anticipatory anxiety

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anticipatory anxiety
Psychiatry Anxiety caused by an expectation of anxiety or panic in a particular situation. See performance anxiety.


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Some patients who have a history of panic attacks can also experience significant anticipatory anxiety and limited symptom attacks in between normal attacks, directly affecting their general ability and quality of life.
Anticipatory anxiety can increase production of cholecystokinin (CCK), resulting in an increased pain response.
Others address the use of analgesics during pregnancy and impact on children's quality of life, adolescents living with chronic pain, the use of hydromorphone with sickle cell disease, the use of morphine, and the relationship between race, lab-based coping strategies and anticipatory anxiety and pain intensity in pain tasks.
 
 
 
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