Non-Situational Panic Attacks: Neurobiology, Symptoms, and Clinical Management
1. Introduction: The Nature of Unprovoked Panic A non-situational panic attack, frequently classified in clinical psychiatry as an unexpected or spontaneous panic attack, is a sudden, explosive surge of overwhelming terror and severe autonomic physical arousal that occurs without any clear external trigger or identifiable danger. Unlike situational panic attacks—which are provoked by exposure to … Read more