Predisposing factors for panic disorder in college students

Abstract

The health of university students is the result of a relationship between teaching, socialization, economic factors and intrinsic factors to the individual. Social determinants of health influence their health status, therefore, panic disorder in university students is increasingly becoming a public health problem due to the fact that it is considered a prevalent comorbidity in society that affects the quality of life of people and overloads the Sistema Único de Saúde. The study aimed to point out the predisposing factors for panic disorder in university students, seeking to answer the following guiding question: which factors in the long term affect mental health university students?. The data collection was carried out from August to November 2022 in English and Portuguese, where the databases used were Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), National Library of Medicine (PubMed) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). The results showed that perfectionism tends to trigger other factors that are predisposing to panic disorder, such as stress, physical anxiety and physical worries. Most studies report the factors that predispose to panic disorder in isolation, without considering the disorder in its multifactorial nature.