Agoraphobia is anxiety about, or avoidance of, places or situations from which escape might be difficult (or embarrassing) or in which help may not be available in the event of having a panic attack or panic-like symptoms. - DSM-IV
# Approximately 1.8 million American adults age 18 and over, or about 0.8 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder.
# The median age of onset of agoraphobia is 20 years of age.
- National Institute of Mental Health
* Woody Allen (1935-), American actor, director, musician.[25]
* H.L. Gold (1914-1996), science fiction editor; as a result of trauma during his wartime experiences, his agoraphobia became so severe that for more than two decades he was unable to leave his apartment. Towards the end of his life he acquired some control over the condition.[26]
* Daryl Hannah (1960-), American actress.[27]
* Howard Hughes (1905-1976), American aviator, industrialist, film producer and philanthropist.[28]
* Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), Polish journalist and novelist.[29]
* Peter Robinson (1962-), British musician known simply as Marilyn.[30]
* William Gibson (1948-), science-fiction author.[31]
* Rose McGowan (1973-), American Actress. [32]
* Kim Basinger (1953-), American Actress [33]
* Paula Deen (1947-), American Chef [34]
* Robert Pattinson British Actor [35]
* Olivia Hussey (1951-), Anglo-Argentine Actress. [36] [37]
* Dane Cook (1972-) American comedian
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