What causes a person to be susceptible to panic attacks?

What causes a person to be susceptible to panic attacks?

Christopher Reist (Academic Psychiatrist, Co-Author of “Psychiatry”) gives expert video advice on: What are the common treatments for panic disorder?; Is there anything I can do to avoid developing panic disorder? and more...

Like other mental disorders, such as <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/post-traumatic-stress-disorder">post traumatic stress</a>, we don't know exactly what's happening in the brain when people have a panic attack. We do know that involves structures that involve the neuroepinephrine or neuroadrenaline pathways. This is the neurotransmitter pathways that is important in fight or flight in getting a person ready for action if they're in danger or and service survival function. There have been a lot of studies trying to elucidate the specific circuitry that's involve in panic attack but that to this point has not been clearly elaborated.