Agoraphobia

**Agoraphobia** be an anxiety disorder wey be characterized by symptoms of anxiety insyd situations wer de person dey perceive dema environment to be unsafe plus no way to escape. Dese situations fi include public transit, shopping centers, crowds den queues, anaa e simply be outsyd dema home on dema own. E be insyd dese situations wey fi result in a panic attack. Those affected go go to great lengths make dem avoid dese situations. Insyd severe cases, people fi cam be completely unable to leave dema homes.

Dem dey believe agoraphobia be secof a combination of genetic den environmental factors. De condition often dey run insyd families, den stressful anaa traumatic events such as de death of a parent anaa being attacked fi be a trigger. Insyd de DSM-5, dem dey classify agoraphobia as a phobia along plus specific phobias den social phobia. Oda conditions wey fi produce similar symptoms dey include separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, den major depressive disorder. Na dem show de diagnosis of agoraphobia to be comorbid plus depression, substance abuse, den suicidal ideation.

Widout treatment, e be uncommon for agoraphobia to resolve. Treatment be typically plus a type of counselling dem call cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT dey result in resolution for about half of people. Insyd sam instances, na those plus a diagnosis of agoraphobia report dem dey take benzodiazepines den antipsychotics. Agoraphobia dey affect about 1.7% of adults. Women be affected about twice as often as men. De condition be rare insyd kiddies, often dey begin insyd adolescence anaa early adulthood, wey e cam be more common at age 65 anaa above.

## Society den culture

### Notable cases
* Woody Allen, actor, director, musician
* Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer, reportedly na he get a mild case of agoraphobia
* Kim Basinger, actress
* Earl Campbell, American football player

* Macaulay Culkin, actor
* Paula Deen, chef, author, den television personality
* H.L. Gold, science fiction editor
* Daryl Hannah, actress
* Miranda Hart, actress den comedian

* Howard Hughes, aviator, industrialist, film producer den philanthropist
* Olivia Hussey, actress

* Shirley Jackson, writer

* Elfriede Jelinek, writer, Nobel Prize laureate insyd Literature insyd 2004
* Mike Patton, musician
* Bolesław Prus, journalist den novelist
* Peter Robinson, musician
* Barbra Streisand, singer den songwriter
* Ben Weasel, singer den songwriter
* Brian Wilson, singer den songwriter
## References


## External links

*Anxiety Disorders Association of America Information for families, clinicians & researchers
*Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada Registered Canadian non-profit organization, promotes prevention, treatment & management of anxiety disorders
*ANXIETY UK (Formerly the National Phobics Society) Nationally registered charity in the UK; provides information, support & understanding
*The Phobic Trust (Of New Zealand) Registered charitable trust in New Zealand; provides information about treatment, education & support to people with anxiety disorders
*South African Depression and Anxiety group (National Charity)  Counseling, mental health awareness programs: media & public speaking outreach & rural outreach initiatives
* Self help guide (NHS Direct)