claustrophobia

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fear & phobias
acrophobia
aerophobia
aquaphobia
arachnophobia
bogey
bogie
break out in a cold sweat
chill
claustrophobia
claustrophobic
germophobic
glossophobia
hydrophobia
hydrophobic
misophonia
mortal
mysophobia
panic
terror
willie

Examples from literature

Agoraphobia is a terrible affliction. 
And I was immediately stricken with agoraphobia. 
He may have suffered from agoraphobia. 
She suffers from inherited agoraphobia. 

Examples of agoraphobia

agoraphobia
On the other hand, panic attacks can, through conditioning, give rise to agoraphobia.
The purpose of the study reported here was to evaluate the frequency and clinical correlates of those with significant agoraphobia symptoms in high-school aged adolescents.
Because of this, patients with concurrent major depression, agoraphobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder (who required different treatment protocols) were excluded.
Six anxiety disorders were assessed : social phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
This paper reports on the findings for the anxiety disorders (panic disorder/agoraphobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder).
Finally, this study highlights the continuing need for longitudinal, naturalistic studies of panic and agoraphobia, ideally beginning early in life with follow-up into adulthood.
The bad medieval husband locks his wife up in a castle; the bad modern husband leaves his to stew in her own agoraphobia.
These disorders included : generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, specific phobia and panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.
The most frequent co-morbid disorders were major depression, panic disorder, and (for current comorbidity only) agoraphobia.
The findings suggest that exposure treatment can provide lasting relief to the majority of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.
These findings thus challenge the view that long-term drug treatment is the most appropriate therapy for patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.
Overcoming resistance to exposure in panic disorder with agoraphobia.
Prediction of outcome following in vivo exposure treatment of agoraphobia.
Anxiety disorders assessed included : generalized anxiety, panic disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia and specific phobia.
A third risk factor was concerned with the level of residual agoraphobia.
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