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Panic disorder with agoraphobia


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Panic disorder with agoraphobia
Panic disorder with agoraphobia
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Alternative Names

Agoraphobia; Anxiety disorder- agoraphobia


Prevention

Early treatment of panic disorder can often prevent agoraphobia.


References

Taylor CT, Pollack MH, LeBeau RT, Simon NM. Anxiety disorders: panic, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2008:chap 32.



Review Date: 03/30/2010
Reviewed By: David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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