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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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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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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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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, 1989T 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, 1990SummaryWe 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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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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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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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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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, 1988To 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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Characteristics of agoraphobia in women and men with panic disorder with agoraphobia
Depression and Anxiety, 1998We 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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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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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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Agoraphobia and Parental Bereavement
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1987The 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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