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Core symptoms:

 Intense fear of places or situations that might lead to a panic attack or where there is no easy way to escape from a situation without causing oneself embarrassment.

 Complete avoidance of the feared situation(s) or only being able to endure them when accompanied by a particular trusted individual.

The key determinants to arriving at the probable diagnosis of agoraphobia without PD is firstly that someone has not had panic attacks in the past, and secondly that the fear they experience relates to incapacitation or humiliation in open or public spaces or situations due to panic-like symptoms (rather than an actual panic attack).