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 ...

A panic attack refers to a rapid moment of extreme fear or discomfort which peaks in the course of minutes. It can be very distressing and also unforeseen. The typical symptoms include rapid heartbeat ...

One of the scariest aspects of a panic attack is that it can trick a person into thinking they’re having a heart attack.

The building's maintenance man struggles with panic attacks and anxiety. The apartment building is falling apart, and its superintendent, Maintenance Mike, is nowhere to be found! The group learns ...

A neurosurgeon explains what a panic attack really feels like, using a vivid example to show how intense and real the ...

People report that panic attacks make you feel like your going to die. Your heart races, chest tightens, hands tingle, and overwhelming dread convinces you something catastrophic is happening. Yet ...

Once again, Clune doesn’t follow the standard quest plot, a tidy arc from diagnosis to cure. Still, in capturing the symptoms, he is spot-on. Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, ...