Abstract
Abstract: Two hundred and ten subjects with panic disorder were studied and classified into four clinical types according to symptomatology and clinical courses. The outcomes of 181 of these subjects were categorized in three ways (good, fair, or poor). Through an examination of the relationship between these clinical types and categories of outcome, it was found that the subjects with little or no “neurotization” had a favorable outcome, while those with remarkable “neurotization” or with comorbid depressive states had an unfavorable outcome. It is suggested that concomitant “neurotic” symptoms, such as somatoform symptoms, as well as concomitance of depressive states, predict an unfavorable outcome of panic disorder.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 801-805 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1994 |
Keywords
- clinical types
- comorbid depression
- neurotization
- outcomes
- panic disorder