First aid and safety are often lessons taught in schools or discussed at home, with many learning basic responses to cuts and bruises from their parents. Mental health, however, is rarely part of such ...

Panic attacks are no joke: They involve overwhelming feelings of fear or anxiety that are often coupled with physical symptoms like chest pains, nausea, sweating, chills, and difficulty breathing.

A panic attack feels like an ambush—your heart races, breathing becomes erratic, and a wave of dread washes over you. But while the symptoms are real, the danger is not. Panic attacks occur when the ...

My pen dragged diligently across my notebook in my undergraduate classes some years ago. "A panic attack usually lasts about fifteen minutes, the body can't sustain that activation for long." Still, ...

A panic attack is a sudden wave of overwhelming fear and anxiety that is accompanied by physical symptoms. For some people it can produce the same sensations as a heart attack, including chest pain ...

A panic attack is the abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes. Breanna Spriggs, a licensed counselor and clinical director at The Family Tree counseling center in ...

People with anxiety may already know what it's like to experience an anxiety or panic attack based on previous (scary) ...

Amid the federal deportation campaign, Spanish-speaking mental health providers are creating therapy groups and community ...

Six million adults in the United States struggle with a diagnosed panic attack every day. Millions more will have a panic attack today. Panic attacks are scary: Your heart feels like its beating out ...