eMedicine: Anxiety (Health/Mental_Health)
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Description: Clinical report on anxiety disorders and panic attacks symptoms, differentials, medication
..., treatment, and workup.Anxiety Anxiety is a complex feeling of apprehension, fear, and worry often accompanied by pulmonary, cardiac, and other physical sensations. It is a ubiquitous condition that varies from the physiologic to the pathologic in its presentation. When pathologic, it can exist as a primary disorder, or it can be associated with medical illness, neurologic syndromes, or other primary psychiatric illnesses (eg, depression, psychosis). This chapter places an emphasis on panic attacks and panic disorders, as patients
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