Focus
- Volume 6
- Number 4
- October 2008
FROM THE GUEST EDITOR
CLINICAL SYNTHESIS
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages431–437Social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is a disorder characterized by extreme fear and/or avoidance of social or performance situations that involve evaluation or possible scrutiny by others. This disorder encompasses both isolated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc431Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages438–444Panic disorder is a relatively common anxiety disorder that is often disabling. It may or may not be associated with agoraphobia. Panic disorder can be imitated by various medical illnesses, which, even when treated, can get cued with panic symptoms. It ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc438Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages448–450Source: Epp AM, Dobson KS, Cottraux J: Applications of Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Specific Disorders in Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments. Edited by Gabbard GO, Washington DC, American Psychiatric Publishing Inc. 2009 p239–247 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc448PATIENT MANAGEMENT
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages451–458This exercise is designed to test your comprehension of material presented in this issue of FOCUS as well as your ability to evaluate, diagnose, and manage clinical problems. Answer the questions below, to the best of your ability, on the basis of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc451INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages459–461This section contains a compilation of recent publications that have shaped the thinking in the field as well as classic works that remain important to the subject reviewed in this issue. This bibliography has been compiled by experts in the field and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc459Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages467–485Objective: To provide an overview of the role of anxiety disorders in medical illness. Method: The Anxiety Disorders Association of America held a multidisciplinary conference from which conference leaders and speakers reviewed presentations and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc467Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages486–495The Anxiety Disorders Association of America convened a conference of experts to address treatment-resistant anxiety disorders and review promising novel approaches to the treatment of refractory anxiety disorders. Workgroup leaders and other participants ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc486Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages496–504Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy relative to applied relaxation training, a credible psychotherapy comparison condition. Despite the widespread clinical use of psychodynamic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc496Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages505–516This study compared the effects of a higher dose of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for panic disorder versus CBT for panic disorder combined with “straying” to CBT for comorbid disorders in individuals with a principal diagnosis of panic disorder with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc505Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages517–527Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the current state of knowledge regarding treating ethnic/racial minority patients with mood and anxiety disorders, emphasizing data-based studies whenever possible. Method: This article reviews the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc517Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages528–538Background: Panic disorder can be treated with psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy or a combination of both. Aims: To summarise the evidence concerning the short- and long-term benefits and adverse effects of a combination of psychotherapy and antidepressant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc528Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages539–548Objective: The authors sought to observe the long-term clinical course of anxiety disorders over 12 years and to examine the influence of comorbid psychiatric disorders on recovery from or recurrence of panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.6.4.foc539Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages549–554(Reprinted with permission from the American Journal of Psychiatry 1962; 119:432–438)
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