March 1, 1988American Journal of Psychiatry
Depression and panic attacks: the significance of overlap as reflected in follow-up and family study data
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Implication
Randomized trial reveals severe depressive symptoms in patients with panic attacks, suggesting diagnostic implications.
Key Points
- The research examines how panic attacks overlap with depressive episodes and their implications for recovery.
- Follow-up of 91 patients with panic attacks during depressive episodes over two years.
- Family study comparing a control group of 417 depressed patients without panic attacks.
- Analysis of relatives' psychiatric profiles in relation to panic disorder patients.
- Patients with panic attacks had more severe depressive symptoms and lower recovery rates after two years.
- Relatives of panic disorder patients were less likely to have primary depression but more likely to have anxiety disorders.
- Findings support a hierarchical diagnostic distinction between panic disorder and major depression.
Cite This Study
Coryell et al. (1988) studied this question.