Dan Has a History of Experiencing Panic Attacks When in Public

question 317

Multiple Choice

Dan has a history of experiencing panic attacks when in public places, such as the mall. Which of the following would suggest that Dan is developing agoraphobia in addition to panic disorder?

• A)Dan has hired an assistant to do grocery shopping for him.
• B)Dan also has panic attacks when he is in high places.
• C)Dan is almost constantly anxious or irritable for no apparent reason.
• D)Dan uses stairs to avoid elevators.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A statistical distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space when these events happen with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Negative Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution used to model time between events in a Poisson process, often applied in reliability engineering and queuing theory.

Arrival Rates

The frequency at which entities arrive at a particular system or service point, commonly used in queueing theory and service process analysis.