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- Title
Models and Treatment of Panic: Behavioral Therapy of Panic.
- Authors
Craske, Michelle G.
- Abstract
In this presentation, the results from two studies examining the effectiveness of behavioral treatments for panic disorder are presented. In the first study, a dismantling treatment study design was used to compare relaxation training, exposure and cognitive procedures, the combination of relaxation plus exposure and cognitive procedures, and a Wait-List control. Subjects with panic disorder and mild or no agoraphobic avoidance were compared immediately after the 15 week treatment program and 6 months and 24 months later. Overall, exposure and cognitive procedures were found to be more effective than relaxation for the control of panic attacks in the short term and over the long term. In the second study, the combination of relaxation plus exposure and cognitive procedures was compared to Alprazolam, Placedbo, and Wait-List control conditions. Overall, the Cognitive-Behavioral therapy condition showed strongest improvements by the end of treatment in terms of panic, general enxiety and global functioning. Finally, it was noted that although exposure and cognitive procedures effectively controlled panic attacks in approximately 80% of subjects (immediately post treatment and 24-months post treatment), only 50% of the subjects were no longer distressed in general.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR therapy; PANIC disorder treatment; PANIC attacks; RELAXATION for health; COGNITIVE therapy
- Publication
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1991, Vol 5, Issue 3, p199
- ISSN
0889-8391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/0889-8391.5.3.199