Panic attacks are sudden bouts of intense fear without an obvious cause. An estimated 10% of people experience at least one ...

Common symptoms of panic attacks include intense fear, shortness of breath, chest pain, sweating or chills, racing heart, and nausea. Learn more here.

Using exercise as exposure therapy helped people with panic disorder reduce feelings of distress and anxiety, in a new study.

One moment you’re going about your day normally, and the next your heart is pounding like it’s trying to escape your chest while your brain screams that something catastrophic is about to happen. Your ...

Panic attacks extend far beyond psychological distress, manifesting as powerful physical experiences that can be mistaken for serious medical emergencies. The physical symptoms often prove so ...

The stress of everyday life, from paying the bills to keeping up with your friends and family, can sometimes become overwhelming, even for the toughest of people, and maybe especially for people too ...

I think there is a misapprehension that those of us in the mental-health field who write self-help books do so from a clinical distance and without personal experience with the content that we present ...

Just when I thought I had a real handle on panic attacks (after all, I wrote a book on the topic), something new came to my attention. A number of people have recently mentioned that, during a panic ...