title: Agoraphobia: what Westphal really said.
abstract: In 1872 Westphal described a series of patients who experienced unexpected and situational panic attacks in squares, empty streets, on bridges and in crowds. They suffered from anticipatory anxiety and a fear of sudden incapacitation. The symptoms of agoraphobia have not changed appreciably in well over a century.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuch
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Swinson
mesh_terms: D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D012737:Sex Factors