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Panic disorder — acceptance of the diagnostic entity and treatment modalities preferred by German health professionals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

B Bandelow ,
M Röthemeyer ,
K Sievert ,
G Hajak  and
E Rüther
B Bandelow
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str 5,D-37075Göttingen, Germany
M Röthemeyer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str 5,D-37075Göttingen, Germany
K Sievert
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str 5,D-37075Göttingen, Germany
G Hajak
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str 5,D-37075Göttingen, Germany
E Rüther
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str 5,D-37075Göttingen, Germany
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Summary

A survey of the pharmacological and psychological treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia (PDA) was conducted among 103 physicians, psychologists and psychotherapists. It revealed that the treatments for PDA preferred by the majority of the respondents are inconsistent with the recommendations given in the international literature. Non-psychiatric physicians most frequently proposed herbal preparations as a possible treatment (46% of non-psychiatric physicians), followed by homoeopathic formulations (32%). Tricyclic antidepressants which are recommended as first-line treatment in panic disorder by the literature are preferred by 74% of the psychiatrists, but only by 24% of the non-psychiatric physicians. Benzodiazepines are prescribed by twice as many psychiatrists (45%) as non-psychiatric physicians (22%). Beta blockers and neuroleptics which are not recommended as first-line treatment in panic disorder are used quite often (psychiatrists: 15%; non-psychiatric physicians: 26%). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are prescribed by 24% of the psychiatrists, but by only 3% of the non-psychiatric physicians. Among psychological therapies, psychoanalysis was proposed as first-line treatment by 44% of all professionals applying psychological therapies, while cognitive/behaviour therapy was preferred by only 28%, though proof of efficacy exists only for cognitive/behaviour therapy. In general, psychologists prefer behaviourally-orientated therapy, while physicians mostly propose psychodynamic therapy. One reason for the fact that the results of controlled studies have little influence on professionals treating PDA patients might be that 40% of the respondents do not accept the new classification of the anxiety disorders as introduced in 1980 by the DSM-III.

Keywords

panic disorderagoraphobiadrug treatmentpsychological treatment
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , 1996 , pp. 298 - 305
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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