{"id":434,"date":"2012-07-05T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/?page_id=434"},"modified":"2021-05-01T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:47:53","slug":"agoraphobia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/adult-treatment-at-card\/conditions-we-treat-adults\/agoraphobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Agoraphobia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People with agoraphobia have an intense fear of two or more of the following situations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using public transportation<\/li>\n<li>Being in open spaces<\/li>\n<li>Being in enclosed spaces<\/li>\n<li>Standing in line or being in a crowd<\/li>\n<li>Being outside of the home alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People with agoraphobia often avoid these situations, in part, because they think being able to leave might be difficult or impossible if they have panic-like reactions or other embarrassing symptoms. In the most severe form of agoraphobia, an individual can become housebound.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ready to get started?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> if you have questions or if you are ready to get started.<\/li>\n<li>You may be eligible for free treatment as a part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/research\/\">current research opportunities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h4><strong>References<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425596<\/p>\n<p>National Institute of Mental Health. (2021). Mental Health Information:\u00a0 Brochures and Fact Sheets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/index.shtml\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/index.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People with agoraphobia have an intense fear of two or more of the following situations: Using public transportation Being in open spaces Being in enclosed spaces Standing in line or being in a crowd Being outside of the home alone People with agoraphobia often avoid these situations, in part, because they think being able to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6140,"featured_media":0,"parent":444,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions\/2562"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}