Panic disorder and agoraphobia: A direct comparison of their multivariate comorbidity patterns

Scientific debate has long surrounded whether agoraphobia is a severe consequence of panic disorder or a frequently comorbid diagnosis. Multivariate comorbidity investigations typically treat these diagnoses as fungible in structural models, assuming both are manifestations of the fear-subfactor in the internalizing–externalizing model. No studies have directly compared these disorders' multivariate associations, which could clarify their...