Ataque de nervios is a psychological syndrome most associated with Spanish speaking people from the Caribbean although recognised widely in Latin Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans. Ataque de nervios translates into English as 'attack of nerves' although 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. It is classified in Western psychiatry and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a culture-bound syndrome.