Exempel på agoraphobia

• Agoraphobia is a terrible affliction. 

• And I was immediately stricken with agoraphobia. 

• He may have suffered from agoraphobia. 

• She suffers from inherited agoraphobia. 

• 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.

• This paper reports on the findings for the anxiety disorders (panic disorder/agoraphobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder).

• Finally, this study highlights the continuing need for longitudinal, naturalistic studies of panic and agoraphobia, ideally beginning early in life with follow-up into adulthood.

• The bad medieval husband locks his wife up in a castle; the bad modern husband leaves his to stew in her own agoraphobia.

• These disorders included : generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, specific phobia and panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.

• The most frequent co-morbid disorders were major depression, panic disorder, and (for current comorbidity only) agoraphobia.

• The findings suggest that exposure treatment can provide lasting relief to the majority of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.

• These findings thus challenge the view that long-term drug treatment is the most appropriate therapy for patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.

• Overcoming resistance to exposure in panic disorder with agoraphobia.

• Prediction of outcome following in vivo exposure treatment of agoraphobia.

• Anxiety disorders assessed included : generalized anxiety, panic disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia and specific phobia.

• A third risk factor was concerned with the level of residual agoraphobia.