Based on questions posed by Renato Zwick's recent translation of “Hemmung, Symptom und Angst” to “Inibição, Sintoma e Medo” (inhibitions, symptoms and fear) (Freud, 1926/2016Freud, S. (2016). Inibição, sintoma e medo. (Renato Zwick, trad.). Porto Alegre, RS: L&PM. (Trabalho original publicado em 1926).), this paper's goal is to highlight two dimensions of Angst that do not correspond to a same word in Portuguese. Following a theoretical overview of Freud's main texts on this subject, panic disorder is discussed in the fields of contemporary psychopathology and clinical practice, emphasizing these two affective dimensions.
Key words:
Fear; panic disorder; clinical practice; psychoanalysis