Q: My daughter tells me her new roommate is afraid to leave a 10-block area around their apartment in New York City. She has something called agoraphobia. What is that? A: Agoraphobia is literally the ...

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Agoraphobia (from the Greek phobia, "fear," and agora, which means “the place of assembly” or “the marketplace”) is described as an anxiety disorder in which the individual feels anxious or frightened ...

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Prince Harry reveals in his new book he struggled with agoraphobia, an anxiety disorder that can cause people to become afraid to leave their home. “I was an agoraphobe. Which was nearly impossible ...

Brenna Mae threw on a beanie, grabbed her messenger bag, and left her apartment on June 10 to go to Trader Joe’s. While so many people travel to the grocery store everyday, this moment was incredibly ...

Q. What is agoraphobia? Can it be successfully treated, and is there any hope that anyone with this can be cured? A. A person with agoraphobia (literally, the fear of being in open or public places) ...

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is currently streaming on Netflix now and is terrifying viewers across the world. The author of the 1959 book, Shirley Jackson, suffered from agoraphobia but what is it?

The fear or anxiety must occur in two of the five situations to meet criteria for agoraphobia. According to the DSM-V, if the individual fears only one situation, the specific phobia is the diagnosis.