Phobias and depression: Clinical and psychometric aspects

Jarrett, F. J.; Schnurr, Rosina

doi:10.1016/0005-7916(79)90055-7

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“…Many of these appear to be the somatic accompaniments of an anxiety or depressive reaction presumably triggered by the life events and chronic stressors. The finding that, even at the time of seeking treatment, 55% of the agoraphobics concurrently suffered from generalised anxiety disorder, whilst 37% had dysthymic disorder, supports this and is consistent with the model and recent finding regarding the relationship of depression to agoraphobia (Jarrett & Schnurr, 1979;Breier, Charney & Heninger, 1984).…”

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Stress and the onset of agoraphobia

Franklin

Andrews

1989

Australian Psychologist

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Recent investigations have suggested that agoraphobiadevelops in response to stress. The present controlled study was undertaken in order to evaluate the assertion that psychosocial and/or physical stressors precede the development of agoraphobia with panic attacks. Data on life events, chronic stressors, and physiological distrubances were collected from 51 agoraphobics with panic attacks who had had the disorder for between 1 and 5 years.The life event data was then compared with matched controls drawn from doctors'surgeries.Agoraphobics reported twice the number of life events in the year prior to onset, and significantly more life events in six areas including threats to primary relationships, health, and financial security. Agoraphobia generally developed in a climate of chronic stress extending across many areas of life, with the onset of panic attacks often preceded by a deterioration in health. Despite these stresses, the vast majority of sufferers reported being"tota1ly baffled" by the onset of the disorder. The significance of these events for the development of agoraphobia is discussed with reference to personality and individual differences.Requests for reprints should be sent to John A. Franklin, who is now at the School of

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Stress and the onset of agoraphobia

Franklin

Andrews

1989

Australian Psychologist

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“…In addition, the presence of either of these disorders decreased the probability that the other disorder would be present. Other investigators have successfully discriminated anxious from depressed patients on the basis of patient responses to rating scales (Lipman, 1982), symptom checklists (e.g., Preusoff & Klerman, 1974), vegetative symptomatology (Mathew et aL, 1982), psychometric tests (Jarrett & Schnurr, 1979), and psychophysiological measure (Kelly & Walter, 1969;Lader et al, 1967;Lader, 1976;Lader & Wing, 1969). The sum result of these studies is that anxiety and depression symptoms covary in many cases; nevertheless, each symptom cluster can be reliabily and independently identified.…”

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Issues in diagnosing anxiety disorders

Cerny

Himadi

Barlow

1984

Journal of Behavioral Assessment

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Research progress in the anxiety disorders is predicated on a useful classification system. In this paper, we review the reliability and validity data for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, anxiety disorders and discuss the salient issues associated with both the conceptualization of anxiety disorders and the diagnostic criteria offered in the DSM-III. It is concluded that the diagnostic reliability for these disorders is, overall, satisfactory. A dearth of validity data, however, hinders progress in both the diagnosis and the treatment of the anxiety disorders.Nevertheless, the DSM-11I work group has proposed several changes in the diagnostic criteria for the anxiety disorders. We find some of these proposed changes helpful in that they clarify current diagnostic criteria; changes in diagnostic criteria that alter the basic classification schema, however, seem to be premature.

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Antidepressants in the treatment of agoraphobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Mavissakalian

1983

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Phobias and depression: Clinical and psychometric aspects

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Stress and the onset of agoraphobia

Stress and the onset of agoraphobia

Issues in diagnosing anxiety disorders

Antidepressants in the treatment of agoraphobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder

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