Personality of panic disorder alcohol abusers.
Seventeen (28%) of 61 panic disorder patients in a drug treatment study were retrospectively found to have a history of alcoholism (none had abused alcohol in the past year), More men than women had a history of alcohol abuse (p less than .03). Alcohol patients were less independent and less able to recognize appropriate social cues on personality testing. There was significant improvement in general anxiety for the drug treatment and nonalcoholic placebo group but not for the alcohol placebo group. This indicates a superior response to supportive therapy for general anxiety in the placebo group without an alcohol abuse history compared with the placebo group with an alcohol abuse history.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010200:Panic; D010556:Personality Tests; D010919:Placebos; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D010919:Placebos