Agoraphobia
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Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder where sufferers fear having panic attacks in any place like work or while eating out, not just crowded situations as commonly believed. Symptoms include fear of crowds, public transport, restriction to home or neighborhood, social isolation, inability to leave home alone, and panic attacks. Potential causes include asthma, divorce, personality disorders, and performance anxiety or shyness. Treatment options are psychotherapy like behavioral therapy and real-life exposure, medications, and cognitive therapy.
Agoraphobia
- 1. UNIVERSIDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA Agoraphobia Kevin Ramírez Sandí
- 2. Definition Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer doesn’t only fear crowded situations, as is commonly believed, but rather, the individual fears having a panic attack in general in any place, be at work, out to eat, etc.
- 3. Symptoms These are some symptoms of agoraphobia: Fear of crowds. Fear of public transport Restriction to the home or neighborhood Social isolation Unable to leave home alone Panic attacks
- 4. Causes Asthma Divorce Personality disorder Performance anxiety or shyness
- 5. Treatment Psychotherapy BehavioralTherapy Real – Life exposure Medications Cognitive therapy