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Panic Attacks Definition
Common names:
  • Anxiety Attacks
  • Anxiety Reaction
  • Attack of Panic
  • Hyperventilation Attack
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorder
A person with panic attacks has repeated episodes of intense fear.

About 10 percent of people in the US have suffered from panic attacks at sometime in their lives. Panic disorders accounted for more emergency room visits than any other psychiatric illness.
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Last Updated: Jun 16, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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