Few places are more evocative of early-pandemic anxiety than the grocery store. In that first year before vaccines, when we had much less information about how the coronavirus spread, a jolt of panic ...

An automated virtual reality therapy for treating severe agoraphobic avoidance has been sanctioned for NHS use in England. The recommendation was made pending more evidence being collected about the ...

Cecil Jackson, who has agoraphobia, says his life has completely changed after undergoing therapy and speaking about his struggles publicly with CBS News. But although he and his family celebrate his ...

Agoraphobia is defined as a type of anxiety disorder that involves fear and avoidance of places or situations that might cause panic and feelings of being trapped, helpless, or embarrassed. It ...

Feeling anxious in certain situations doesn’t always mean the same thing. Agoraphobia and social anxiety often get confused, yet they affect people differently. Understanding where they overlap and ...

I developed an interest in phobias, and in agoraphobia in particular, in 1954, as the result of developing the condition myself. One day, without any evident reason, I became panicky. I had the ...