asmi
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differentiate both and what is the treatment ?
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| wetchin
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agoraphobia is fear of situations that may be difficult t escapeeg public gatherings even malls, buses etc.
panic attacks can be with/without agoraphobia.
the patient complains of palpitations, sweating, feeling of impending doom, may describe it as having a heart attack! or about to die.
lasts about 10 min, occur " out of the blue".
more common in females.
treatment SSRI, alprax(only BZD that is used), systematic desensitization.
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| asmi
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true 
Im sorry :oops: ,i actually wanted to ask difference between social phobia and agarophobia...they say in clinical senario of agarophobia they mention "panic attack"..which is the difference between both .
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| premonition
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One strange thing about Agoraphobia is that even though the majority of the patients with panic disorder have it along with agoraphobia, the Psychiatric outpatient clinics show the reverse trend [i.e it shows patients having panic disorder without agorphobia outnumberin the other group] .Thats because the ones with Agoraphobia do not report to docs [for fear of being in situations where escape is impossible.... ].
Another nice thing , a difference bw social phobia and agoraphobia is that the latter is more incapacitating in that a patient with social phobia can attend a function with a close friend or confidante ...but no so in the case of Agoraphobia..
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| asmi
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yep
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