Agoraphobia - Treatment


 * Agoraphobia: Outcome studies
 * Agoraphobia: Treatment protocols
 * Agoraphobia: Treatment considerations
 * Agoraphobia: Evidenced based treatment
 * Agoraphobia: Theory based treatment
 * Agoraphobia: Team working considerations
 * Agoraphobia: Followup
 * Agoraphobia: Non-psychological treatment

Agoraphobia can be successfully treated in many cases through a very gradual process of graduated exposure therapy combined with cognitive therapy and sometimes anti-anxiety or antidepressant medications. Anti-anxiety medications include benzodiazepines such as alprozolam. Anti-depressant medications which are used to treat anxiety disorders are mainly in the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) class such as sertraline, paroxetine and fluoxetine.

Treatment options for agoraphobia and panic disorder are similar.