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One-year follow-up of panic disorder. Outcome and prognostic factors.

Wolfgang MaierR. Buller

subject

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPrognostic factorOne year follow upChronic anxietybehavioral disciplines and activitiesSex Factorsmental disordersFemale patientmedicineHumansPsychiatryDepression (differential diagnoses)Depressive DisorderGeneral NeurosciencePanic disorderPanicFearmedicine.diseasePrognosisAnxiety DisordersPanicAntidepressive AgentsHospitalizationPsychotherapyPsychiatry and Mental healthNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyOutcome and Process Assessment Health CareAnti-Anxiety AgentsChronic DiseaseAnxietyFemalemedicine.symptomPsychologyFollow-Up Studies

description

A 1-year follow-up study was carried out in 77 patients with panic attacks (panic disorder). Of these patients 43% were remitted; avoidance behaviour and chronic anxiety were more persistent than panic attacks within the 1-year period. The main predictor for features of anxiety in the follow-up was avoidance behaviour. The most prominent prognostic factor for features of depression was the history of previous depressive episodes. Female patients had a poorer outcome than male patients.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1988-03-01European archives of psychiatry and neurological sciences
10.1007/bf00452785https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2905266