Talk:Agoraphobia

message: Nonprofit helping links devoted to helping agoraphobics should not have been removed from this site. Wikipedia does not prohibit having a few (relevant) nonprofit resource links added in an "External Links Section" at the bottom of the page.
It should also be noted that agoraphobics, being housebound, often find it extremely hard to get help. This should also be discussed in the article as it is very relevant to the subject.
Wikipedia policy discourages fanatical, obsessive and especially thoughtless removal of links. A relevant nonprofit link has nothing in common with a commercial link, although some wiki editors haven't figured that out...
I ask for help from administrators and editors to prevent or reverse fanatical removal of relevant nonprofit links from this site... Please appeal over the heads of thoughtless nonprofit link removals. Aggressive removal of appropriate links is vandalism.
69.171.160.216 (talk) 08:34, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion of non-profit links

message: A significant percentage of agoraphobia is due to social anxiety disorder or social phobia, not a fear of open spaces. Hence the term 'social agoraphobia'. 
Constricting the scope of the article is not only overly narrow in perspective but it makes the article harmful by way of misinformation. 
69.171.160.158 (talk) 22:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Term 'social agoraphobia' should not have been removed

message: This is an enormous problem for agoraphobics and should not be overlooked. Among therapists and psychiatrists, no one, and I mean no one in the USA will visit an agoraphobic in their home. And very few will do telephone counseling.
Consequently, many agoraphobics in the USA go untreated for years. I don't know why this isn't discussed in the article. 
69.171.160.49 (talk) 08:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difficulty getting help 

message: Agoraphobia is an established mental illness diagnosis, recognized by National Institute of Mental Health, so I guess this point is not disputable, regardless of the "Liotti" reference.  I am inclined to delete this paragraph. -MegaHasher 01:01, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Is agoraphobia an illness?

message: It has been the case, in the past, that the majority of agoraphobics are female.
In males, agoraphobia is usually expressed somewhat differently. While few men are confined to their homes, they may be confined to their home towns; they suffer panic attacks when they leave their, say, city of residence.
 
If one attributes the cause of some agoraphobia to overprotective parents, this makes perfect sense.
 
Looking at these two ideas together, one can see why Agoraphobia has been referred to as the "hidden" diease. Some housewives can function very well as long as they are at home. Once their children are old enough to do many of the "outside" chores, the mothers' affliction is hard to detect outside the family.
The ancient term agoraphobia is translated from Greek as fear of an open marketplace. Agoraphobia today describes severe and pervasive anxiety about being in situations from which escape might be difficult or avoidance of situations such as being alone outside of the home, traveling in a car, bus, or airplane, or being in a crowded area (DSM-IV).
Most people who present to mental health specialists develop agoraphobia after the onset of panic disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1998). Agoraphobia is best understood as an adverse behavioral outcome of repeated panic attacks and the subsequent worry, preoccupation, and avoidance (Barlow, 1988). Thus, the formal diagnosis of panic disorder with agoraphobia was established. However, for those people in communities or clinical settings who do not meet full criteria for panic disorder, the formal diagnosis of agoraphobia without history of panic disorder is used (DSM-IV).
The 1-year prevalence of agoraphobia is about 5 percent (Table 4-1). Agoraphobia occurs about two times more commonly among women than men (Magee et al., 1996). The gender difference may be attributable to social-cultural factors that encourage, or permit, the greater expression of avoidant coping strategies by women (DSM-IV), although other explanations are possible.
Other government materials:
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1997/297_bump.html
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/numbers.cfm
-MegaHasher 06:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large percentage of agoraphobics are female 

message: The edits by 138.87.226.222 on October 17th (which I reverted) drastically changed the content and layout of the article.  Judging by layout alone, it appeared to violate conventional wiki article structure.  If you do have improved content, refer to WP:MOS for tips on editing and laying out an article.  In this case, the article already is well structured:  you should use it.  — EncMstr 16:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits by 138.87.226.222 

message: As a person with obsessive compulsive disorder, I occasionally experience agoraphobia, and so I think it is a manifestation or at least a symptom of OCD. Is this true? Le Anh-Huy 09:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Manifestation of OCD

message: Is this introductory section a joke? 
If it is, then I don't get it. If it isn't, then it has be one of the most bizarre, off-the-wall, unsubstantiated overviews of agoraphobia, ever. 
4.246.153.62 06:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduction

message: Neuro-Linguistic Programming as a treatment is "widely accepted by the general public"?!  Uhm, I always thought NLP was a widely discredited pseudoscience that few people in the general public had heard of or taken seriously.  I won't change it since I can't claim to know that much about it, but I'd sure appreciate a reference if there is one.  If there isn't one, maybe this statement should be investigated more carefully. Xezlec 02:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Neuro-Linguistic Programming

message: This 'fictional' section is becoming yet another trivia piece.  I will probably archive it in this talk page. MegaHasher 03:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fictional

message: Please see the policy on trivia lists: Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections. Avoid potentially libelous materials. 
MegaHasher 00:31, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Agoraphobics

message: I've been told that fear of open spaces is known as "classical agoraphobia". (I'm a sufferer too, btw).
- Meltingpot
Meltingpot 10:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agoraphobia originally referred only to a fear of open spaces (true to its meaning in Greek), as the German article explains. However, the meaning was later (possibly even only after the film, although it might simply not have been up to date with the state of the art of psychology at the time, either) extended as it was discovered that sufferers typically have related issues beyond the traditional definition, such as an aversion to crowds or difficulties with travelling alone or long distances. Until today, I was only aware of the "classical" definition myself. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 01:19, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Fear of open spaces

message: Why not have the picture of The Scream here? See this: . In Munch´s biography by Rolf Stenersen there is a chapter where he talks about Munch suffering from agoraphobia - and that The Scream was painted as a result of his fear of unfamiliar places. And Stenersen uses the word agoraphobia. --85.220.93.48 (talk) 23:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Scream by Munch 

message: In it, is says that agoraphobia is an irration fear or open or public places.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.167.223.170 (talk) 21:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Websters Newworld college dictionary fourth edition 

message: This article seems to need expert attention, because if it's not sourced then it should at least be looked over for obvious misinformation. One of the [recent edits] by an IP user states that having a physical (mobility effecting[sic]) disorder increases the chance of getting agoraphobia. Like much of the article, it is unsourced. Since the IP address doesn't seem to have a history of bad-faith edits, I'll just fix the spelling and leave it there. Also, just a reminder that the talk page is for discussion about the article, not for general discussion about agoraphobia. [Phlyght] 13:15, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physical disability? 

message: The article needs to be looked over for misinformation/hoaxes/information that is unsourced and controversial in Psychology circles. The article also lacks citations, so if you're familiar with suitable sources, that would be fantastic. [Phlyght] 13:27, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expert 

message: Hey. I don't know for sure, but I think that this statement is more of an opinion than a fact. Should this be changed?
*"...and that traditional female sex roles prescribe women to react to anxiety by engaging in dependent and helpless behaviors.[6]" 
Please respond. Rob657 (talk) 04:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  I can't be sure, but... 

message: "There is also preliminary evidence that aerobic exercise may have a calming effect. Since caffeine, certain illicit drugs, and even some over-the-counter cold medications can aggravate the symptoms of anxiety disorders, they should be avoided." These two sentences are lifted directly from the source cited after them. 74.226.132.106 (talk) 02:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation? 

message: how common is agoraphobia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.111.149.53 (talk) 20:56, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prevalence 

message: The article currently says, "Agoraphobia may arise by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape." Should it not be "Agoraphobia is the fear of being in a setting from which one feels there is no easy means of escape, often resulting in a panic attack." I don't think it's the fear of the panic attack itself, but the fear of the setting. - GAMEchief (talk) 00:17, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. The way this article is worded makes no sense. Agoraphobia is not a morbid fear of a panic attack, it's the cause of the morbid fear OR panic attack. 50.80.139.102 (talk) 06:21, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fear of having a panic attack? 

message: I believe that the listing of Isaac Asimov as a notable agoraphobe is incorrect. In his autobiography, I, Asimov: A Memoir he says 'My claustrophilia is not extreme. While I prefer enclosed places, I can get along very well in sunlit rooms and in the open. I don’t have any touch of agoraphobia (the morbid fear of open places), though I would rather walk the canyons of Manhattan with tall buildings hemming me in than in Central Park, which is open.'
I have also tracked down the currently listed reference cited as evidence of his agoraphobia (Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s) and the relevant passage does not support the claim:
'Most of all, though, there was (and is) something fascinating to me in the thought of endless corridors burrowing underground. I’m a claustrophile. I enjoy the feeling of being closed in. I like tunnels and corridors and never mind the absence of windows. The office I work in I chose because it faces a court. I keep the shades pulled down and I work under perpetual artificial light. [...] But don’t get me wrong. I am not psychotic about it. The apartment I live in is on the twenty-third floor with wide windows overlooking Central Park, and the sunlight comes in steadily.'
So as he put it, he was claustrophilic (someone who loves enclosed spaces) but not necessarily thereby agoraphobic.
However, I will hold off deleting him from the list for a day or so, both for any further discussion and because I'm new to Wiki and so I'm a bit uncertain about the effect of deleting a footnote on the numbering of the notes that follow it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.30.107.120 (talk) 15:37, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you've done more than enough to show that Asimov shouldn't be listed, so I'm removing him. In the future, if you're confident about your edit you should go ahead and do it. Then, if others disagree, they'll revert it and bring the issue here to the talk page. This process is called the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. -- Fyrefly  (talk) 16:48, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isaac Asimov as agoraphobe 

message: I realize this is just from High School English classes, but I've always been told that Emily Dickenson was agoraphobic, and she did refuse to lave her home for several years. Should she be in the article's list of people? --71.232.241.114 (talk) 21:18, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the answer, but for convenience, it's Emily Dickinson. Looie496 (talk) 22:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi 71.232.241.114! If you have good, secondary sources,please be bold and add her to the list! With friendly regards, Lova Falk talk 18:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emily Dickenson 

message: Causes section seems to be a bit of a mess.  Should this be separated into causes (i.e. development in individual) and aetiology (i.e. why agoraphobia happens).  The two seem to get a bit mixed up in the discussion of attachment theory, and from there it gets very theoretical.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.167.141.70 (talk) 19:21, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Causes 

message: Just a suggestion to maybe add a little more on the diagnosis?
Early treatment of panic disorder can often prevent agoraphobia. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001921/
Agoraphobia is typically determined when symptoms are worse than panic disorder but also do not mer the criteria for other anxiety disorders such as depression.  Ralisag8r229 (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagnosis of Agoraphobia 

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message: I noticed in the "Notable Cases" section, Brian Wilson is described as schizophrenic.  I believe this is false, as the Wikipedia article on Brian Wilson describes him as "mildly manic-depressive with schizoaffective disorder" and he was previously incorrectly diagnosed as "paranoid schizophrenic" by Dr. Eugene Landy.  I'm not really an expert on editing Wikipedia articles - so if somebody would like the modify the information that wrongly states that he is schizophrenic, please go ahead.  To some, the difference between "schizophrenic" and "schizoaffective" might be like splitting hairs, but as someone that studied psychology, I argue there's a big difference.  
As for Brian Wilson being agoraphobic... I don't think he's been formally "diagnosed" with agoraphobia, but he has demonstrated evidence that he could be.  This also might be something to look into.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guynoir93 (talk • contribs) 06:36, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brian Wilson 

message: I think this article is not really scientific, as it doesn't use the conditional, but too often the affirmative tone. There are several opinion about the causes, and they are not respected here. The plurality of views among professional is not respected. Not everyone think the causes are genetics for instance, it could be debated, and it has to be said in this article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:24A1:2C94:7C95:2742 (talk) 16:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too affirmative about the causes 

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message: In the article under Treatments/Therapy second paragraph is this:
"This treatment was largely effective with an effect size from d = 0.78 to d = 1.34, and these effects were shown to increase over time, proving that the treatment had long term efficacy (up to 12 months after treatment)."
I'm sure this means something to somebody. But not for most Wikipedia readers.
Perhaps it should be removed. Or rephrased by someone who understands what it means. Something like "One study [or whatever] found this treatment had long-term benefits."
:-)
Rblack2001 (talk) 14:14, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone understand what this means? 

message: Hello All, this is my first time contributing to a talk page so I apologize in advance for errors. I thought it might be relevant to discuss the distancing rules of the pandemic as a potential cause of agoraphobia. Mental illnesses have definitely increased during the pandemic. Here are a few sources I found relating to this: https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2021/03/agoraphobia-symptoms-on-the-rise-because-of-coronavirus-pandemic.html; https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-agoraphobia-and-coronavirus-anxiety/. -- S
98.212.185.91 (talk) 18:27, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic 

message: Agoraphobia without history of panic disorder was listed for proposed deletion - I've tagged it instead for a potential merge into this article, where it's mentioned; it looks like that article could potentially be a section here. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:36, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
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thread_title:  Possible merge 

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message: The "Not to be confused with Acrophobia." at the top seems odd to me. They are barely similar, would they really be confused that often? Prinsgezinde (talk) 09:39, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not to be confused with.. 

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