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Panic disorder with agoraphobia - Prevention

Prevention:

If you are likely to get panic attacks, it's important to get help early to prevent agoraphobia, which may affect your ability to work or deal with social situations outside the home.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/6/2008
  • Christos Ballas, MD, Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Connolly SD, Bernstein GA: Work Group on Quality Issues. Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2007;46:267-283.

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