title: Cognitive-behavior therapy for Japanese patients with panic disorder: acute phase and one-year follow-up results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to report the outcomes and follow-up data of our cognitive behavioral therapy program for Japanese patients with panic disorder and to examine the baseline predictors of their outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy outpatients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia were treated with manualized group cognitive behavioral therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen patients (20%) did not complete the program. Among the completers, the average Panic Disorder Severity Scale score fell from 12.8 at baseline to 7.1 post-therapy (44.7% reduction). This effectiveness was sustained for 1 year. While controlling for the baseline severity, the duration of illness and the baseline social dysfunction emerged as significant predictors of the outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data suggest that group cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder can bring about as much symptom reduction among Japanese patients with panic disorder as among Western patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan. yunakano@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Kiyoe
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Sei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funayama
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Junwen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Toshiaki A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D011594:Psychometrics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents