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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment to be dangerous, uncomfortable, or unsafe. These situations can include wide-open spaces, uncontrollable social situations, unfamiliar places, shopping malls, airports, and bridges. Agoraphobia is defined within the DSM-IV TR as a subset of panic disorder, involving the fear of incurring a panic attack in those environments. In the DSM-5, however, agoraphobia is classified as being separate from panic disorder. The sufferers may go to great lengths to avoid those situations, in severe cases becoming unable to leave their homes or safe havens.Although mostly thought to be a fear of public places, it is now believed that agoraphobia develops as a complication of panic attacks. However, evidence indicates the implied one-way causal relationship between spontaneous panic attacks and agoraphobia in DSM-IV may be incorrect. Onset is usually between ages 20 and 40 years and more common in women. About 3.2 million, or about 2.2% of adults in the US between the ages of 18 and 54, suffer from agoraphobia.Agoraphobia can account for about 60% of phobias. Studies have shown two different age groups at first onset: early to mid twenties, and early thirties.In response to a traumatic event, anxiety may interrupt the formation of memories and disrupt the learning processes, resulting in dissociation. Depersonalization (a feeling of disconnection from one’s self) and derealisation (a feeling of disconnection from one's surroundings) are other dissociative methods of withdrawing from anxiety.Standardized tools, such as the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, can be used to measure the severity of agoraphobia and panic attacks and monitor treatment.The term \"agoraphobia\" was coined by the German psychiatrist Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal, from Greek ἀγορά, meaning \"large public square/marketplace\" and -φοβία, -phobia, meaning \"fear\"."@en }

• Agoraphobia abstract "Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment to be dangerous, uncomfortable, or unsafe. These situations can include wide-open spaces, uncontrollable social situations, unfamiliar places, shopping malls, airports, and bridges. Agoraphobia is defined within the DSM-IV TR as a subset of panic disorder, involving the fear of incurring a panic attack in those environments. In the DSM-5, however, agoraphobia is classified as being separate from panic disorder. The sufferers may go to great lengths to avoid those situations, in severe cases becoming unable to leave their homes or safe havens.Although mostly thought to be a fear of public places, it is now believed that agoraphobia develops as a complication of panic attacks. However, evidence indicates the implied one-way causal relationship between spontaneous panic attacks and agoraphobia in DSM-IV may be incorrect. Onset is usually between ages 20 and 40 years and more common in women. About 3.2 million, or about 2.2% of adults in the US between the ages of 18 and 54, suffer from agoraphobia.Agoraphobia can account for about 60% of phobias. Studies have shown two different age groups at first onset: early to mid twenties, and early thirties.In response to a traumatic event, anxiety may interrupt the formation of memories and disrupt the learning processes, resulting in dissociation. Depersonalization (a feeling of disconnection from one’s self) and derealisation (a feeling of disconnection from one's surroundings) are other dissociative methods of withdrawing from anxiety.Standardized tools, such as the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, can be used to measure the severity of agoraphobia and panic attacks and monitor treatment.The term \"agoraphobia\" was coined by the German psychiatrist Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal, from Greek ἀγορά, meaning \"large public square/marketplace\" and -φοβία, -phobia, meaning \"fear\".".