Ohio's Voice on Mental Illness State affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally  Ill Panic Disorder is  a  REAL illness that  needs to be treated. Listen to this woman's story.  (Plays in MS media player) It's not your fault if you have this illness, and you don't have to suffer. Learn  how to get help. You can feel better and get your life back! Emotion-Regulating Protein Lacking in Panic Disorder Researchers at NIMH  have discovered that three brain areas of panic disorder  patients are lacking in a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/events/prPanicReceptor.cfm Visit the NIMH website and learn more. Or call (in Ohio) NAMI Ohio at 1-800-686-2646, or  e-mail to: amiohio@amiohio.org