Defense style in panic disorder before and after pharmacological treatment

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Marchesi, Carlo ^a   Parenti, Paola ^a   Aprile, Sonia ^a   Cabrino, Chiara ^a   De Panfilis, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Defense style; Panic disorder; Remission; Symptom severity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; PAROXETINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE 40; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REMISSION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANXIETY; CHECKLIST; CITALOPRAM; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PAROXETINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79954601673     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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