Clinical Types and Outcomes of Panic Disorder

Tatsuo Takeuchi, Ryosuke Hayashi, Toyomi Nemoto, Masahiko Hasegawa, Gakujin Tomiyama, Masatoshi Ikeda, Hisashi Hanazawa

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)801-805
Number of pages5
JournalPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume48
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1994

Keywords

  • clinical types
  • comorbid depression
  • neurotization
  • outcomes
  • panic disorder

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Clinical Types and Outcomes of Panic Disorder'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this