Anxiety Disorders and Phobias

 
 

Most Recent Panic Disorder Articles

Making the Connection Between Sexual Problems and Anxiety Disorders
The results of a new study suggest that a significant number of people with anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder or social phobia, have sexual problems as well. The study's authors report that these findings may have implications for...
Could Anxiety Be Putting You at Risk of Panic Attacks?
Out of the blue, you feel terror. Your heart is pounding. You're dizzy and you can't catch your breath. You begin to sweat profusely and perhaps even feel pain in your chest. You're certain that you're on the brink of a heart attack--or even, as...
Emotion-Regulating Protein Lacking in Panic Disorder
Three brain areas of panic disorder patients are lacking in a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion, researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. Brain scans revealed that a...
Don't Panic!
Does this ever happen to you? Out of nowhere, you experience a number of troubling physical symptoms. You heart begins to pound or you have difficulty breathing. You might experience chest pains or stomach upset. Perhaps you fear that you are...
Panic Attacks: Surviving the Unexpected
If you’ve ever experienced a panic attack , you’d know it. It is hard to describe the feeling of having one, but it is something similar to the feeling of suffocating or having a heart attack. Panic attacks can happen at any time, even...
Don't Panic! Understanding Anxiety Attacks
Panic attacks are much more easy to overcome when you know the facts about this very common problem.Your heart starts to pound. You feel shaky, nervous, slightly dizzy. You have trouble catching your breath. A feeling of sickness accompanies a...