title: Panic attacks with and without agoraphobia: a comparison.
abstract: 22 patients with panic disorder (PD) were compared with 42 cases suffering from agoraphobia with panic attacks for a number of variables. The two groups did not differ for age, sex ratio, age of onset, social class, severity of nonsituational anxiety and personality profiles. On the other hand agoraphobics showed lower education and worse social adaptation. A higher prevalence of traumatic life events was also observed for agoraphobics compared with subjects suffering from PD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Florence University Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faravelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pallanti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frassine
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Albanesi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guerrini Degl'Innocenti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012917:Social Adjustment