Panic Disorder in Adolescents
What is Panic Disorder? Panic disorder is a common and treatable condition. In fact, more than 3 million Americans will experience panic disorder in their lifetime. Panic disorder often begins during adolescence or childhood, and it can run in families. Children and adolescents with panic disorder have unexpected and repeated periods of extreme fear that accelerates to a high intensity in seconds. The fear is typically accompanied by other physical symptoms such as a racing heartbeat, sweating, shaking and feeling short of breath. These panic attacks can last for a few minutes or hours, and [...]