title: The Panic-Associated Symptom Scale: measuring the severity of panic disorder.
abstract: The Panic-Associated Symptom Scale (PASS) is presented as a new measurement of the severity of the core symptoms of panic disorder. This first description addresses the rationale for its design and its scoring, score distributions, test-retest reliability, correlations within the PASS and with other scales, principal component structure, and response to drug therapy. Data are presented from a large study group of patients with panic disorder (n = 1168). Problems in measuring panic disorder are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University Medical College, Westchester Division, New York, New York.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Argyle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deltito
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allerup
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nutzinger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ayuso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bech
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010200:Panic; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics