Serial color-word test predicts outcome of pharmacological treatment for panic disorder.
A group of 50 outpatients with Panic Disorder were given the Serial Color-Word Test at the beginning of a standard pharmacological treatment (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and benzodiazepines). A single treating psychiatrist, blind to test results, judged therapy outcome at a 5-mo. follow-up. Among the main types of adaptation to conflict assessed by the test (Stabilized, Cumulative, Dissociative, and Cumulative-Dissociative), the Stabilized pattern predicted a good therapy outcome. Response to therapy among the patients with a Stabilized pattern was judged as more often good and less often moderate or poor, compared with the members of the other three adaptation classes (p=.004), and specifically with the patients resorting to a Cumulative strategy (p=.005).
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University of Rome--Tor Vergata, Italy.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014825:Vocabulary
D001569:Benzodiazepines; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors