0 fear of going outside and being in public places or of being in a situation from which it might be difficult to escape or in which help might not be available:
On the other hand, panic attacks can, through conditioning, give rise to agoraphobia.
The purpose of the study reported here was to evaluate the frequency and clinical correlates of those with significant agoraphobia symptoms in high-school aged adolescents.
Because of this, patients with concurrent major depression, agoraphobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder (who required different treatment protocols) were excluded.
Six anxiety disorders were assessed : social phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
