Every time Sun Lee gets up in front of the classroom to speak, she feels as if her chest is on fire and she is having a heart attack. She wants to run to the bathroom and throw up even though she never eats before a presentation
a. What are panic attacks?
b. How should they be managed from a clinical perspective?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. Panic attacks are the most extreme of the anxiety disorders.
Abrupt physical onset of symptoms
Includes feeling of terror, intense apprehension, fear of fainting or dying, hyperventilation, impending doom, and losing control among other symptoms
b. Episodes last from a minute or longer or up to an hour depending on the attack or episode.
Management is done through drug therapy and psychotherapy, both behavioral and cognitive.
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