panic disorder

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.

panic disorder

noun

1. psychiatry a condition in which a person experiences recurrent panic attacks

Example Sentences

Take Jonas, a history buff who’d been diagnosed with agoraphobia and panic disorder, and had tried all kinds of health care and self-care treatments: therapy, medication, marijuana.

From Slate

The host, Drew Linsalata, is a self-described “former sufferer” of panic disorder, agoraphobia and depression.

From New York Times

According to Han, despite panic disorder's categorization as an anxiety disorder, there are many ways that anxiety and panic are different -- like how panic induces many physical symptoms, like shortness of breath, pounding heartrate, sweating, and nausea, but anxiety does not induce those symptoms.

From Science Daily

These differences, says Han, are why it is critical to construct this panic disorder brain map, so that researchers can create therapeutics specially tailored to panic disorder.

From Science Daily

Overwhelming fear, sweaty palms, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate -- these are the symptoms of a panic attack, which people with panic disorder have frequently and unexpectedly.

From Science Daily

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