Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Anxiety is an overwhelming worry or fear. Besides its mental and emotional effects, ...

Panic attacks and anxiety attacks are often used interchangeably, but they actually describe two different events. A panic attack is an intense, debilitating surge of anxiety that may come on ...

These attacks are a symptom of panic disorder, a type of anxiety disorder that affects some 2.4 million U.S. adults. The disorder most often begins during the late teens and early adulthood and ...

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 ...

a panic or anxiety attack can cause more intense symptoms like nausea, an increased heart rate and chest pain. According to another 2018 study, in 30% to 40% of patients seen in the emergency room ...