Your patient reports that she - okt3

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is suffering from dizziness and persistent feelings that she is going to die. You inquire as to whether she has been using any illicit substances lately to which she indicates that she has not. She indicates that she has been curtailing going outside, especially in open spaces, because she is afraid that she might have one of those attacks and become immobilized, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A) acute anxiety attack

B) agoraphobia with panic attack

C) agoraphobia without panic attack

D) anxiety secondary to a medical condition

E) cocaine withdrawal

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bbb...........

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yes bb.

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ccc

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(B) The symptoms of panic associated with fear and avoidance of being in places where escape may be difficult or embarrassing call for the consideration of agoraphobia with panic attack.
Choices A, C, D, and E are not associated with the phenomenon described here.