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(Hispanic Americans) Ataque de nervios (attack of nerves) is described in the DSM-IV-TR as an expression most closely related to panic attacks and commonly recognized among Latin American and Latin Mediterranean groups. Common symptoms include shaking, palpita- tions, numbness, and a sense of heat rising to the head. Peter Guarnaccia noted “screaming uncontrollably” as the most common symptom reported, followed by "attacks of crying."

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Information on Ataque de nervios can be found in the DSM-IV-TR.it is mostly found in hispanic communities specifically in latin American and Latin Mediterranean. subject observes shakiness,palpitations,numbness. it might also includes heat feeling to the head. according to Peter Guarnaccia, "screaming uncontrollably" is the main common symptom and followed by "attacks of crying"

In a study of Ataque de Nervios, 156 participants were given a questionnaire for ataque de nervios. Of the 70% that admitted to having the illness, 80% were female. However, the majority of those who did not claim to have ever had this “attack of nerves”, were also women. Liebowitz, Salman, Jusino, Garfinkel. 1994. Ataque de nervios and panic disorder. 20 June 2011. From American Journal of Psychiatry.  Reference Page Added by CamasaurusYork

ATAQUE DE NERVIOS

The person suffering from episodes of panic feel suddenly terrified for no apparent reason to herself or others. During the panic attack symptoms occur very intense physical tachycardia difficulty breathing, Pulmonary hyperventilation, tremors or dizziness s. Panic attacks can occur at any time or place without notice. For apanic attack orpanic presents the individual with a sudden onset of a high level of anxiety and unexplained physiological arousal. The occurrence of these episodes of intense fear is usually abrupt and often lack a clear trigger. Panic attacks are manifested as episodes that break abruptly and unexpectedly without apparent cause and are accompanied by symptoms associated with fear, such as hypertension sudden, tachycardia, respiratory distress (dyspnea), dizziness and unsteadiness, sweating, nausea or vomiting, symptoms consistent with all the fear that causes them. Usually accompanies the strangeness of a crisis I with a perception in unreal and non-recognition of the environment.

Panic attacks do not last long but are so intense that the person concerned the perceived very long. Often the individual feels is in danger of imminent death is an imperative need to escape a place or a feared situation (a point consistent with the emotion that the subject is feeling). The inability to physically escape the situation of extreme fear that is the affected greatly accentuates the symptoms of panic.

Experiencing a panic attack is a terrible, uncomfortable and intense experience that is often associated with a person restricts their behavior, which can lead, in some cases, to adopt restrictive behaviors to avoid the repetition of the crisis. The disorder can lead to agoraphobia for fear of presenting new crisis if there is a strong avoidance behavior in question.

Sometimes the phenomenon of crisis plays for the dream.

The age of onset of this disorder (18 to 25 years the majority of cases (according to DSM and ICD) may suggest that the problem is related to disengagement and personal autonomy. Apparently, the panic attack is triggered by both external factors - such as face an uneasy situation that produces the subject-as the meanings given in his emotional life, the person experiencing these external circumstances.

Definition
Anxiety Disorders Panic attacks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in the United States (DSM IV)
According to the National Institutes of Mental Health United States (NIMH), panic attacks are sudden feelings of terror for no apparent reason appearing in the so-called''panic disorder ' '(one of anxiety disorder). These attacks can Physical symptoms such as:


 * Tachycardia
 * Chest pain
 * Difficulty breathing
 * Dizziness

On the other hand, the fourth edition ofDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disordersof the American Psychiatric Association (American Psychiatric Association, APA) (DSM IV) provides, within the criteria diagnoses of mental disorders, several aspects to diagnose panic (panic attack "). Specifically, define thepanic attack' as a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by four (or more) of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak in the first 10 min:


 * Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
 * Sweating
 * Trembling or shaking
 * Feeling of choking or shortness of breath
 * Feeling of choking
 * Chest tightness or discomfort
 * Nausea or abdominal discomfort
 * Unsteadiness, dizziness or fainting
 * Derealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself)
 * Fear of losing control or losing the right
 * Fear of dying
 * Paresthesia s (numbness or tingling) and
 * Chills or hot flushes

However, the DSM IV does not include thepanic attack as a diagnosable disease or encoded. It is just a symptom.

Panic Disorder AP Panic Disorder

In panic disorder (the name given to an emotional disorder is the repeated appearance and persistent panic attacks, with persistent anxiety about the possibility of panic attacks recur), the person experiences attacks repeated, unexpected panic and suffer persistent anxiety about the possibility that panic attacks happen again. Panic disorder is distinguished from other types of disorder anxiety in that panic attacks are sudden, unexpected and unexplained. [Http://familydoctor.org/137.xml Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia - familydoctor.org <! - Title -->]

Symptoms
In the panic attack may be one or more of the following physical symptoms related to fear


 * Chest pain or neck or tachycardia s
 * Labored breathing, arrhythmia, rash and symptoms of breathlessness
 * Dizziness
 * Low temperature in the extremities
 * Nausea or vomiting
 * Earthquake is, chills, tremors and tingling
 * Muscle twitching
 * Dry mouth and palate
 * Sensitivity to light ( dilated)
 * Trembling or shaking
 * Sweating
 * Chest tightness or discomfort
 * Paresthesias (tingling in hands or feet)
 * Chills
 * Feeling of choking
 * Feeling of choking
 * Difficulty speaking or communicating

The crisis also presents some of these fears and feelings:


 * Feeling of losing control, fear of losing your mind
 * Feeling of fear of death
 * Depersonalization or desrrealización (perception of unreality: feeling oneself and / or environment are not real)
 * Overwhelming desire to escape the place, time and location where the crisis occurred

It is normal that, paradoxically, these episodes appear in moments of relaxation affected when attention is not captured by any major foreign situation. On the contrary, the fact of the emergence of a striking external reason for calling attention can eliminate symptoms.