A comparison of panic disorder and agoraphobia with panic attacks.

نویسندگان

  • B A Thyer
  • J Himle
  • G C Curtis
  • O G Cameron
  • R M Nesse
چکیده

The validity of distinguishing between the diagnoses of panic disorder and agoraphobia with panic attacks was examined in a study of 20 patients with each disorder. Comparison of demographic, psychometric, and clinical features of the two groups revealed few differences. Agoraphobics scored higher on ratings of interpersonal sensitivity, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and alcohol use. Panic disorder patients more frequently reported periods of remissions from anxiety symptomatology. These results support the validity of conceptualizing agoraphobia with panic attacks and panic disorder as subcategories of a core endogenous anxiety disorder.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Comprehensive psychiatry

دوره 26 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1985