§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many men, women and children and young people under 18 years of age are known to suffer from agoraphobia;
- (2) how many, and what percentage, of those suffering from agoraphobia are thereby rendered housebound;
- (3) how many men, women and children and young people under 18 years of age who suffer from agoraphobia are in-patients in hospital; and how many such people have been patients in hospital in each of the years from 1965 to 1970.
§ Mr. AlisonThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what research into agoraphobia are at present being carried out by, or with the financial support of, his Department.
§ Mr. AlisonNone; but studies in agoraphobia form a significant part of the programme of research of the Medical Research Council's Unit in Epidemiological Studies in Edinburgh and the council is supporting other research programmes in phobic disorders which include agoraphobia.