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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

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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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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Virtual Reality Exposure Treatment of Agoraphobia: a Comparison of Computer Automatic Virtual Environment and Head-Mounted Display

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine, 2011
In this study the effects of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) were investigated in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia. The level of presence in VRET was compared between using either a head-mounted display (HMD) or a computer automatic ...
K. Meyerbröker   +3 more
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The genetic epidemiology of phobias in women. The interrelationship of agoraphobia, social phobia, situational phobia, and simple phobia.

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1992
In 2163 personally interviewed female twins from a population-based registry, the pattern of age at onset and comorbidity of the simple phobias (animal and situational)--early onset and low rates of comorbidity--differed significantly from that of ...
K. Kendler   +4 more
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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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The Topography of Agoraphobia

American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1985
Findings from empirical research and clinical practice are comprehensively integrated into a topography of the agoraphobic syndrome. The following topics are discussed successively: the agoraphobic syndrome (core mechanism and life pattern), the pathogenesis (causal mechanism, antecedents, and predispositions), the different kinds of anxiety from which
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Noradrenergic function in panic anxiety. Effects of yohimbine in healthy subjects and patients with agoraphobia and panic disorder.

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1984
Yohimbine, an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor antagonist that increases noradrenergic function, was administered to 20 healthy subjects and 39 drug-free patients with agoraphobia and panic attacks.
D. Charney, G. Heninger, A. Breier
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Agoraphobia and Parental Bereavement

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1987
The prevalence of parental bereavement was determined in 50 married female outpatients with a DSM-III diagnosis of agoraphobia and in a control group of married female outpatients diagnosed as having non-psychotic psychiatric disorders other than agoraphobia. The two groups were matched for age and overall severity of psychiatric symptoms.
Michael J. Roder, R. Julian Hafner
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Alprazolam in panic disorder and agoraphobia: results from a multicenter trial. I. Efficacy in short-term treatment.

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1988
Following promising preliminary evidence, the benzodiazepine-derivative alprazolam was studied in a large, placebo-controlled, eight-week, flexible-dose trial in patients with agoraphobia with panic attacks and panic disorder.
J. Ballenger   +7 more
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