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What is What is Agoraphobia? and explain in detail?
Agoraphobia is characterised by an irrational fear of being in places away from the familiar setting of the home. Although it was earlier thought to be a fear of open spaces only, now it includes fear of open spaces, public places, crowded places and any other place from where there is no easy escape to a safe place. (Ref: A sho textbook of psychiatry, Niraj Ahuja,7th edition, pg no 92)