Ataque de nervios (Spanish pronunciation:[aˈtakeðeˈneɾβjos]) (F45.8, R45.0), also known as nervous tension[1]) is a psychological syndrome mostly associated, in the United States, with Spanish-speaking people from the Caribbean, although commonly identified among all Iberian-descended cultures. Ataque de nervios translates into English as "attack of nerves".[2] It is used in its common cultural form to refer to a specific pattern of symptoms, rather than being a general term for feeling nervous.[3]
^Liebowitz, M. R.; Salmán, E.; Jusino, C. M.; Garfinkel, R.; Street, L.; Cárdenas, D. L.; Silvestre, J.; Fyer, A. J.; Carrasco, J. L.; Davies, S. (1994). "Ataque de nervios and panic disorder". American Journal of Psychiatry. 151 (6): 871–875. doi:10.1176/ajp.151.6.871. PMID8184996.
^"DPTM Resultados". Diccionario panhispánico de términos médicos (in Spanish). Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España, ALANAM. Retrieved 9 January 2024.