Defense mechanisms after brief cognitive-behavior group therapy for panic disorder: One-year follow-up

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 540-543

  Heldt, Elizeth ^a,b   Blaya, Carolina ^a,b   Kipper, Leticia ^a,b   Salum, Giovanni A ^a,b   Otto, Michael W ^c   Manfro, Gisele G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior group therapy; Defense mechanisms; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250690422     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318064e7c4     Document Type: Article

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