EXCERPT FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION. 2000 10 01

by Swein B. Alloway, MD, MRCPsych.

"Acrophobia and other anxiety disorders can have an explosive and alarming development. It seems likely that the symptoms
A suffered was a result of a longterm process. Anxiety functions as the human organisms psychological immune system.It can sometime develop an "overload" to the nervous system. And result in a complete blackout.

The scenario for A indicates a rapid progression and future outbursts of acrophobia are likely. The patient should be aware of this and not expose herself to threathening situations e.g. heights that can lead to attacs of acrophobia."