The Panic Syndrome in Nursing University Students

Abstract

Panic disorder is characterized by sudden attacks of acute anxiety, accompanied by feelings of fear and anguish and psychological and physical symptoms triggered by situations such as the environment. Everyone can trigger a panic attack when exposed to very high stress. The objective was to identify national and international studies in the literature that address triggering factors and nursing actions and interventions in people with panic disorder. This is an integrative literature review carried out between March and May 2023. Data collection was carried out by searching for scientific articles published in the last 5 years through scientific articles available in the Virtual Health Library (BVS-BIREME). Five studies related to the theme were found, namely: "The family and the person with a mental disorder: dynamics and their family relationship", "Anxiety in the university environment and its relationship with social skills", "Nursing care for people with mental disorders". and families in Primary Care", "Anxiety crisis or heart attack: how to differentiate?", "What is the difference between panic disorder and anxiety crisis?". It emphasizes the need to address the topic, and the difficulty in differentiating it from other psychological disorders or differentiating the symptoms of panic disorder from cardiovascular diseases faced by nursing professionals on a daily basis, and it is imperative that nursing professionals go behind knowledge and disseminate information on the subject, which is a way to help facilitate the diagnosis.