The topography of agoraphobia.

Findings from empirical research and clinical practice are comprehensively integrated into a topography of the agoraphobic syndrome. The following topics are discussed successively: the agoraphobic syndrome (core mechanism and life pattern), the pathogenesis (causal mechanism, antecedents, and predispositions), the different kinds of anxiety from which agoraphobes can suffer, and the broad-spectrum therapeutic implications.