subject: Symptoms and Treatment for Panic Attacks [print this page] Symptoms and Treatment for Panic Attacks Symptoms and Treatment for Panic Attacks
If you have agoraphobia, exposure to the situations you fear and avoid is also included in treatment. As in exposure therapy for specific phobias, you face the feared situation until the panic begins to go away. Through this experience, you learn that the situation isn't harmful and that you have control over your emotions.
