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Agoraphobia: diagnostic criteria for panic disorder with agoraphobia

DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for ' agoraphobia

Note: agoraphobia is not a codable disorder . Specify the disorder in which occurs the agoraphobia (eg, panic disorder with agoraphobia or agoraphobia without history of panic disorder).

A.
Anxiety on being in places or situations from which it can be difficult (or embarrassing) or in which help may not be available in case of a panic attack or panic-like symptoms or related to the unexpected situation. The Agoraphobic fears typically involve groups characteristic of situations that include being outside the home alone in a crowd or standing in queue, on a bridge and travel by bus, train or automobile.

Note: Consider the diagnosis of specific phobia if the avoidance is limited to one or a few specific situations, or social phobia if the avoidance is limited to social situations.

B. The
situations are avoided (eg, travel is restricted) or are endured with marked distress or with anxiety about having a panic attack or panic-like symptoms, or require the presence of a companion.

C.
The anxiety or phobic avoidance are not better accounted for by another mental disorder , such as social phobia (eg, avoidance limited to social situations because of fear of embarrassment), specific phobia (eg, the 'avoidance is limited to a single situation, as elevators), obsessive-compulsive disorder (eg, avoidance of dirt in a subject with the obsession of contamination), posttraumatic stress disorder from the stress (eg, avoidance of stimuli associated with a severe stressor), or the disturbance d 'separation anxiety (eg, avoidance of removal from the home or family).