The effect of personality on placebo response in panic patients.
Twenty-eight patients who participated as a placebo group in a treatment study of panic disorder were studied to determine the effect of personality on study completion and outcome. Those subjects who completed only 3 weeks had significantly more pathological personality traits than those who continued in the study. For those continuing beyond 3 weeks, there were negative correlations between the paranoid and borderline personality traits and a global outcome measure. Spontaneous panic attacks were not affected by personality.
Reich
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Harvard Medical School, Brockton, Massachusetts.
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010200:Panic; D010260:Paranoid Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010919:Placebos / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
D010919:Placebos