Valentina is a social and friendly teenager who occasionally gets overwhelmed by anxiety. When she was younger she thought she was having a heart attack, but now she has coping strategies that help her to calm down, so her anxiety doesn't interfere with her life in a big way. Based on the diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Valentina is best classified as:
A. having panic attacks.
B. having panic disorder.
C. having agoraphobia.
D. a normal teenager.
Answer: A
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