Constructing Panic

An analysis of one patient's experience of agoraphobia. Combining psychology and linguistics, this book proposes a view of agoraphobia as a communicative disord... » 

An analysis of one patient's experience of agoraphobia. Combining psychology and linguistics, this book proposes a view of agoraphobia as a communicative disorder, arguing that for all its frustrations, language is a potent instrument and the primary medium for symbolizing constructions of reality. «