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There is a striking similarity between the situations avoided by people with agoraphobia and the environments which provoke disorientation in people with organic balance disorders. This study investigated the possibility that agoraphobia might be linked to balance system dysfunction by comparing the results of balance system tests in 36 people with symptoms of panic and agoraphobia and 20 normal...