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: --
A third risk factor was concerned with the level of residual agoraphobia.
Anxiety disorders assessed included : generalized anxiety, panic disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia and specific phobia.
Prediction of outcome following in vivo exposure treatment of agoraphobia.
Overcoming resistance to exposure in panic disorder with agoraphobia.
These findings thus challenge the view that long-term drug treatment is the most appropriate therapy for patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.
The findings suggest that exposure treatment can provide lasting relief to the majority of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.
The most frequent co-morbid disorders were major depression, panic disorder, and (for current comorbidity only) agoraphobia.
These disorders included : generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, specific phobia and panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.
