Panic attacks are dramatically abrupt bursts of acute anxiety that feel life-threatening but are not. They build into a crescendo of fear within minutes, but what they lack in duration they make ...

Though no one should ever ignore heart attack symptoms or assume one is having a panic attack instead, thousands of people each year share this man's experience. These attacks are a symptom of ...

Explaining the drawing, Stone joked that the monster resembled a uterus ... I was a very, very, very anxious child and I had a lot of panic attacks and I benefited in a big way from therapy.

Not only are they often misinterpreted as signs of a heart attack and impending doom—a cardinal feature of panic attacks—but they often lead to odysseys of medical misdiagnosis. Physical ...

This study reports on early developmental events and family background of patients with panic anxiety disorder (PAD) admitted to an anxiety disorders treatment clinic serving a disadvantaged urban ...

A panic attack often comes with a very high heart rate, and may even feel similar to a heart attack. We all experience some level of anxiety and stress, but anxiety disorders are so overwhelming ...