| Title | Cognitive-behavior therapy for Japanese patients with panic disorder: acute phase and one-year follow-up results. | | Author(s) | Nakano Y, Lee K, Noda Y, Ogawa S, Kinoshita Y, Funayama T, Watanabe N, Chen J, Noguchi Y, Furukawa TA | | Institution | Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan. yunakano@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp | | Source | Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2008 Jun; 62(3):313-21. | | Abstract | AIM: The aim of this paper is to report the outcomes and follow-up data of our cognitive behavioral therapy program for Japanese patients with panic disorder and to examine the baseline predictors of their outcomes.
METHODS: Seventy outpatients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia were treated with manualized group cognitive behavioral therapy.
RESULTS: Fourteen patients (20%) did not complete the program. Among the completers, the average Panic Disorder Severity Scale score fell from 12.8 at baseline to 7.1 post-therapy (44.7% reduction). This effectiveness was sustained for 1 year. While controlling for the baseline severity, the duration of illness and the baseline social dysfunction emerged as significant predictors of the outcome.
CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that group cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder can bring about as much symptom reduction among Japanese patients with panic disorder as among Western patients. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 18588592 |
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