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Fava's Anger Attacks Questionnaire: evaluation of the French version in depressed patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Morand ,
G Thomas ,
C Bungener ,
M Ferreri  and
R Jouvent
P Morand*
Affiliation:
Hôpital Strint-Antoine, Département de Psychiatrie, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine; 75012Paris, France CNRS URA 1957; 3 INSERM U 444, University Paris 6, Paris, France
G Thomas
Affiliation:
Hôpital Strint-Antoine, Département de Psychiatrie, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine; 75012Paris, France CNRS URA 1957; 3 INSERM U 444, University Paris 6, Paris, France
C Bungener
Affiliation:
CNRS URA 1957; 3 INSERM U 444, University Paris 6, Paris, France
M Ferreri
Affiliation:
Hôpital Strint-Antoine, Département de Psychiatrie, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine; 75012Paris, France CNRS URA 1957; 3 INSERM U 444, University Paris 6, Paris, France
R Jouvent
Affiliation:
CNRS URA 1957; 3 INSERM U 444, University Paris 6, Paris, France
*
*Correspondence and reprint requests to Hôpital Saint-Antoine address
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Summary

The prevalence, symptomatology and correlates of anger attacks were studied in 103 depressed French patients, using a French version of the Anger Attacks Questionnaire. The prevalence of anger attacks during the previous month was 46.7%, and the most frequently reported symptoms were feeling of panic (85.1%), tachycardia (83.7%), and feeling out of control (81.3%). The occurrence of anger attacks was significantly associated with intensity of loss of control, and history of panic attacks. There was no significant association with age, gender, severity of depression or anxiety, history of suicidal attempts or mood disorder. Three weeks of treatment with serotoninergic antidepressants induced a significant decrease in anger attack prevalence.

Keywords

depressionanxietyanger attackspanic attacksserotonine
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European Psychiatry , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , 1998 , pp. 41 - 45
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1998

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