Panic Attacks A panic attack, according to the ADAA, is “the abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes and includes at least four of the following symptoms: a change in heart beat or rate, pain or discomfort in the central chest region, stomach discomfort or...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or, as we better know it, PTSD is, in the words of the American Psychiatric Association, defined as “a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a...