Agoraphobia Risk Assessment

People with panic disorder can develop an agoraphobia which is intense fear and anxiety such as the fear of open spaces and the fear of places where escape is difficult. Agoraphobia is usually diagnosed following with a health care provider such as cognitive and behavioral therapy often followed with the antidepressants or anxiety reducing medicine. Additionally, the effective treatment. The recent study that published by the Maastricht University, invested the efficacy of an intensive 1 week behavioral therapy program that focusing on agoraphobia for panic disorder with patients The research design created to compare and measure the outcomes scores of the Fear Questionnaire (FQ-AGO) based on the form of behavioral therapy program in 1 week intensive therapy (96 patients) and twice- weekly therapy (98 patients) were compared.
The psychometric evaluation scale included the Fear Questionnaire (FQ), the clinical anxiety scale, and the Montgomery –Asberg Depression Rating Scale. The treatment of 1 week in vivo exposure-base behavior therapy program consisted 5 full consecutive days of cognitive behavioral therapy under the investigation. During that time, patients stayed in an overnight accommodation. In this program, the patient received pyscho-education on panic disorder and agoraphobia and rational of exposure therapy. Comparably, the control group was in twice a weekly program which consisted of 12 session exposure therapy session, spread over 6 weeks. During therapy time, patients had also homework and follow up a program. The date had gathered 1 week and 1 week after treatment and after 3 months. For the data calculations, measurements had been analyzed by using the repeated measure analysis of variance (ANOVA) with as a the within –subject factor and type of therapy as the between subjects