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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2-3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1985-12-2
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In a prospectively constructed study 29 patients with cardiac phobia were examined prior to hospitalization and again after a follow-up period of 2.5 years. When first examined a high percentage (82.8%) of these patients showed a depression in addition to suffering from anxiety symptoms. The findings demonstrate that an additional affective disorder constitutes a prognostically unfavorable factor, particularly in the case of a 'secondary' depression. Compared with patients suffering from a 'primary' depression these patients more frequently exhibited a chronic course of the depression (at the 1% level of significance) and had a significantly smaller chance of being free of cardiophobic complaint (p = 0.002) at the last examination. An attempt to categorize cardiac phobia according to DSM-III revealed that the present classification does not provide a satisfactory solution. The frequent presence of a depression in these patients strongly indicates that a clarification of the controversial opinions which continue to exist with regard to a linkage between depressive disorders and anxiety disorders would need further research; in such studies it would seem preferable not to employ a hierarchic classification procedure, in view of the fact that all cross-sectional psychopathological symptoms should be taken into consideration. Our findings also point to the advisability of paying closer attention to course traits in studying this question.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0254-4962
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
18
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
155-62
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Anxiety Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Combined Modality Therapy,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Depressive Disorder,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Fear,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Myocardial Infarction,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Panic,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Phobic Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Prognosis,
pubmed-meshheading:4059487-Prospective Studies
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| pubmed:year |
1985
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The influence of depression on the outcome of cardiac phobia (panic disorder).
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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