Scientists probe immune system clues in panic disorder

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

1. For Panic Disorder (PD) Group: \*Inclusion Criteria: * Being between 18-65 years of age * Having a diagnosis of panic disorder (PD) according to DSM-5-TR and having presented to the hospital with panic attack symptoms of the disorder * Not having previously used any medication for psychiatric purposes (drug-naive) * Not having any additional active psychiatric disorders besides PD at the current presentation * Absence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, hepatic failure, neurological disease with cognitive impairment, acute infection, pregnancy, autoimmune disease, or cancer * Not having taken any medication or supplements in the last month * Completing sociodemographic and scale data fully * Volunteering to participate in the study For PD Group: \*Exclusion Criteria: • Being outside the 18-65 age range • Not meeting the diagnostic criteria for PD according to DSM-5-TR or being in good health • Having a history of psychiatric medication use • Having an additional psychiatric disorder besides PD at the current application • Presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, hepatic failure, neurological disease with cognitive impairment, acute infection, pregnancy, autoimmune disease, cancer • Patients with a body mass index (BMI) \<18.5 kg/m² and \>29.9 kg/m² * Taking any medication or supplement in the last month * Incomplete completion of sociodemographic and scale data * Not volunteering to participate in the study 2. For Healthy Control Group: * Inclusion Criteria: * Being between 18-65 years of age * Not having any active psychiatric disorder * Not having previously used any medication for psychiatric purposes (drug-naive) * Not having hypertension, diabetes mellitus, kidney failure, liver failure, neurological disease with cognitive impairment, acute infection, pregnancy, autoimmune disease, or cancer * Not having taken any medication or supplement in the last month * Completing sociodemographic and scale data fully * Volunteering to participate in the study For Healthy Control Group: \*Exclusion Criteria: * Being outside the 18-65 age range * Having any active psychiatric disorder * Having a history of using psychiatric medication * Having hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, hepatic failure, neurological disease with cognitive impairment, acute infection, pregnancy, autoimmune disease, or cancer * Patients with a body mass index (BMI) \< 18.5 kg/m² and \> 29.9 kg/m² * Taking any medication or supplement in the last month * Incomplete completion of sociodemographic and scale data * Not volunteering to participate in the study