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Agoraphobia

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1982
The authors focus on the nature of agoraphobia and on treatments for it. A variety of myths about agoraphobia are examined such as those concerning the patient's childhood, sexual development, and marital history, and the conclusion is that none of these helps in understanding the nature of the condition. The recent notion that agoraphobia is merely a
M S, Rapp, M R, Thomas
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Polycythaemia and agoraphobia

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1996
Using single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT), we demonstrated that in patient A, a 20-year-old male with polycythaemia, the cerebral blood flow was decreased (presumably as a result of increased viscosity and or microemboli), probably leading to frightening visual distortions (dysmorphopsia) associated with scintillating specks of ...
R. Haghighat   +2 more
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Agoraphobia and hyperthyroidism

The American Journal of Medicine, 1989
T he association of thyroid disease and emotional lability has been noted since the 1800s [1,2]. Although nonspecific anxiety, irritability, and emotional fragility are common in hyperthyroidism [3-91, the association of agoraphobia with thyrotoxicosis is less well recognized [lO,ll]. Clinical descriptions of agoraphobia have been provided by Westphal [
Mary Ann Emanuelle   +3 more
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Agoraphobia in phenylketonuria

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 1990
SummaryWe describe agoraphobia as a complication of phenylketonuria (PKU) in young adults. The five patients have classic PKU and received phenylalanine‐restricted diet only in childhood. Only one has normal intelligence. All but one were also depressed. All were anxious.
Susan E. Waisbren, Harvey L. Levy
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Agoraphobia

2010
This chapter summarizes the literature on assessment, maintenance, treatment,and mechanisms of change in treatment of patients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.Relevant theoretical contributions which are discussed may help to understand thegenesis and maintenance factors of panic disorder and agoraphobia.
Emmelkamp, P.M.G., Powers, M.B.
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Characteristics of agoraphobia in women and men with panic disorder with agoraphobia

Depression and Anxiety, 1998
We compared female and male patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) in terms of characteristics of agoraphobia (AG). Ninety-five patients (73 women and 22 men) with the SCID-based diagnosis of PDA were administered the National Institute of Mental Health Panic Questionnaire (NIMH PQ), and women and men were compared on the items of the NIMH
Vladan Starcevic   +3 more
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Agoraphobia in Men

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1981
Twenty male and 20 female agoraphobics, matched for age and marital status, were systematically compared using self-report questionnaire measures of symptoms and hostility, and clinical observations. The males differed significantly from the females as follows: the males were less phobic of social situations but more preoccupied with somatic symptoms ...
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The Cause and Treatment of Agoraphobia

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1988
To the Editor.— Klein et al 1 offer no hard evidence to support the idea "that the avoidance of agoraphobia is secondary to spontaneous panic," and their assertion that "exposure without imipramine is of benefit only in reducing avoidance" and does not reduce panic is actually misleading (reviewed by Marks 2 ).
Isaac Marks, Paul Lelliott
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