A panic attack is a surge of intense fear or discomfort that comes on abruptly and reaches its peak within minutes. While the exact mechanisms remain under investigation, several ways our phones might ...

It used to be thought that, as we age, we become less anxious, but the truth is that anxiety afflicts many older people as well. Indeed, it’s likely that older people with an anxiety or panic disorder ...

I was 16 the first time I woke up feeling like I was dying. My chest was tight and burning, and I struggled to catch my breath. I looked around the room: Radiohead posters on the walls in the glow of ...

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 ...

'Slapgate' Onboard IndiGo Flight: IndiGo passenger hits co-passenger, who was reportedly having a panic attack. Later, Indigo issues statement: "Such unruly behaviour is completely unacceptable and we ...

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, ...