Hallam R S
Br J Psychiatry. 1978 Oct;133:314-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.133.4.314.
Phobic avoidance has been widely accepted as the central feature of the agoraphobic syndrome, and the presence of agoraphobia has been used to define groups of subjects for clinical research. A review of the evidence suggests that agoraphobia should not be classified with the phobias; several lines of inquiry point to the conclusion that it is a variable feature of patients suffering from anxiety neurosis. Implications for research and problems with the present classification of neurotic affective disorders are noted.
恐惧回避已被广泛认为是广场恐怖症综合征的核心特征，广场恐怖症的存在已被用于界定临床研究的受试者群体。对相关证据的回顾表明，广场恐怖症不应与恐惧症归为一类；几条研究线索指向这样一个结论，即它是患有焦虑神经症患者的一个可变特征。文中指出了对研究的启示以及目前神经症性情感障碍分类存在的问题。
