title: Differences in Affective Temperaments in Anxiety Disorders: Comparison of Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this study, probable differences in affective temperament among anxiety disorders were investigated via a comparison of panic disorder (PD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
  
  
  METHODS
  44 patients with OCD and 42 patients with PD, who were admitted to Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery outpatient clinics with complaints of OCD and PD and were diagnosed according to DSM IV criteria, were consecutively included in the study after informed consent was taken. A sociodemographic form, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID I), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Beck Anxiety Inventory, Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and the temperament evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) were given to the patients. PD and OCD patients were compared in terms of affective temperament characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age, educational status and gender distribution of OCD and PD patients were similar (p>0.05). Dominant depressive temperament was more prominent in OCD group than in PD group (p=0.021). Hyperthymic temperament scores were higher in PD group than in OCD group (p=0.002). Dominant hyperthymic temperament was not encountered in either group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dominant depressive temperament was more prominent in OCD group whereas hyperthymic temperament scores were higher in PD group. These findings should be evaluated in studies with larger sample sizes.
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of 3 Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nurhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fistikçi
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of 3 Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Münevver
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hacioğlu
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of 3 Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şakire
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Erek
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of Neurosis, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdülkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabo
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of 3 Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Evrim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.affiliation: Güzel Günler Outpatient Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayşegül Selcen
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of 3 Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalkan
authors.affiliation: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurology education and Research Hospital, Clinic of 3 Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Saatçioğlu
keywords: Panic disorder; obsessive-compulsive disorder; temperament