Medication use and the assessment of agoraphobic avoidance.
Many anxiety disorder patients who present for behaviour therapy are already taking anxiolytic medications. The present study added a new subscale to the Mobility Inventory labelled 'Without Medication' to assess possible reliance on medication for coping with phobic situations. 121 Patients with panic-related disorders were administered the scale. The results supported the reliability and validity of the existing Mobility Inventory subscales in general and of the new subscale in particular. It appears to reliably assess a clinically important domain that is not measured in traditional self-report measures of phobic avoidance.
Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Swinson
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Shulman
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D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001143:Arousal / Q000187:drug effects; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012931:Social Environment
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines