title: A pilot open trial of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy for panic disorder.
abstract: This is a complete report of an open trial of manualized psychodynamic psychotherapy for treatment of panic disorder, Panic-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PFPP). Twenty-one patients with PD were entered into a trial of twice-weekly, 24-session treatment. Sixteen of 21 experienced remission of panic and agoraphobia. Treatment completers with depression also experienced remission of depression. Improvements in symptoms and in quality of life were substantial and consistent across all measured areas. Symptomatic gains were maintained over 6 months. This report was prepared specifically to describe 6-month follow-up on these patients. Psychodynamic psychotherapy appears to be a promising nonpharmacological treatment for panic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milrod
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aronson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roiphe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rudden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Shear
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome