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In recent years, an increasing number of studies about panic disorder
and agorphobia have been conducted in the natural environment. Event s
ampling, time sampling, and continuous ambulatory monitoring technique
s have been used to describe psychophysiological, cognitive, and behav
ioral responses associated with panic and agoraphobia. Daily life stud
ies highlight the variability in responses associated with panic and a
goraphobia, and thus provide clear phenomenological descriptions of da
ily life experiences with high levels of individual, situational, and
temporal detail. The present overview may help researchers to select a
technique that is optimally suited to address specific questions abou
t daily fife experiences. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of a
ssessments in the natural environment are discussed.