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School phobia and agoraphobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Ian Berg ,
Isaac Marks ,
Ralph McGuire  and
Maurice Lipsedge
Ian Berg
Affiliation:
Lands Adolescent Unit, Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, Yorkshire
Isaac Marks
Affiliation:
Lands Adolescent Unit, Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, Yorkshire
Ralph McGuire
Affiliation:
Lands Adolescent Unit, Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, Yorkshire
Maurice Lipsedge
Affiliation:
Lands Adolescent Unit, Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, Yorkshire
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Sysnopsis

The incidence of past school phobia was surveyed by questionnaire in 786 women under 60 years of age who were members of an agoraphobia correspondence club. Twenty-two per cent admitted to previous school phobia, a proportion similar to that found in 57 non-agoraphobic neurotic controls. Past school phobia predicted an earlier onset of subsequent agoraphobia and a more severe psychiatric state as far as symptoms not specifically agoraphobic were concerned. Adolescent agoraphobic difficulties were more associated with school phobia than with agoraphobia in adult life. It was concluded that school phobia leads to agoraphobia in only a small proportion of cases. Although school phobia may predispose to later agoraphobia, it seems more likely that both conditions reflect a lasting tendency to neurotic illness.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1974 , pp. 428 - 434
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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