A growing number of Americans suffer from agoraphobia and other panic disorders. Thus, there is a need to develop and provide services for this group. The authors describe a successful pilot effort to initiate a community based outreach program, utilizing trained volunteers, to provide in vivo desensitization to agoraphobic clients.
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