Merging the cognitive behavioral and psychopharmacological paradigms in comparative studies: controversies, issues, and some solutions.
In the past, many studies attempting to compare pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for mood and anxiety disorders have been conducted by partisans of either approach. More recently, rigorously conducted, unbiased comparative studies have begun to appear. Here we reviewed our own experience in designing and conducting a multicenter study comparing medication and cognitive behavioral therapy and their combination for the treatment of panic disorder.
Gorman
J M
JM
College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. jmg9@columbia.edu
Barlow
D H
DH
Ray
S
S
Shear
M K
MK
Woods
S
S
D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012107:Research Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs