Progress Report September 2002 Agoraphobia Research

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Cognitive therapy versus interoceptive exposure as treatment of panic disorder without agoraphobia.

Cognitive therapy (CT) and interoceptive exposure (IE) as treatments of panic disorder without agoraphobia were compared in a sample of 69 patients, randomly allocated to condition. There were no significant differences between treatments as to reductions in panic frequency, daily anxiety levels and a composite questionnaire score, at posttest after the 12-session treatment, and at both follow-...

Virtual reality exposure and standard exposure were both effective at 1 year for fear of flying.

Patients 49 adults who had fear of flying and met DSM-IV criteria for specific phobia, situational type; panic disorder with agoraphobia; or agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder. Patients on the waiting list (n=19) received treatment after the 6 months of follow up and were not included in this analysis. 80% of participants in the treatment groups (n=30) completed the 12 months of fo...

Belief disconfirmation versus habituation approaches to situational exposure in panic disorder with agoraphobia: a pilot study.

Exposure therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) are both effective in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia. Cognitive theories suggest that the way in which exposure to avoided situations is implemented in either treatment may be crucial. In particular, it is suggested that clinical improvement will be greatest if opportunities for disconfirmation of feared catastrophes are m...

Smallpox Research Activities: U.S. Interagency Collaboration, 2001

or the past 2 years, a team of investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has collaborated with scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense (DOD), academic centers, and international partners to undertake a research agenda on variola virus, the etiologic agent of smallpox. Objectives of the pro...