A randomized, controlled clinical trial of standard, group and brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder with agoraphobia: A two-year follow-up

Long-term stability of cognitive behavioral therapy effects for panic disorder with agoraphobia: A two-year follow-up study

“…The observed effect sizes, response rates, and percentage of patients with reliable change were consistent with and sometimes better than previous two-year outcome studies for panic disorder with and without agoraphobia (e.g., Craske, Brown, & Barlow, 1991;Fava et al, 2001;Marchand, Roberge, Primiano, & Germain, 2009). This is notable given some of the characteristics of the treatment: targeting of avoidance and concentration on exposure (both interoceptive and in situ in multiple situations), temporal compression (two appointments per week), and exclusion of the explicit components of breathing retraining or logical disputation.…”

“…This is important because the presence of agoraphobia has been found to influence the outcome of panic disorder (Williams & Falbo, 1996) and most previous studies included patients diagnosed with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. In one exception, patients were treated with either a 14-session, 7-session, or group CBT and followed for two years (Marchand, Roberge, Primiano, & Germain, 2009). Significant improvements across all treatment modalities and dependent measures were found at post-treatment, one-year and twoyear follow-up, with high end-state functioning achieved by 57% of the patients.…”

Psychological treatment of anxiety in primary care: a meta-analysis

“…The effectiveness of CBT for treating patients with anxiety disorders has been well established (Marchand et al 2009 ;Stewart & Chambless, 2009). Together with the development of effective CBT self-help courses or treatment for anxiety disorders using the internet (Schneider et al 2005 ;Kiropoulos et al 2008), this could provide an opportunity for effective and evidence-based treatment of anxiety disorders in primary care.…”

Trajectories of Change Across Outcomes in Intensive Treatment for Adolescent Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

“…In adult samples, CBT has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of panic disorder (Barlow, Gorman, Shear, & Woods, 2000;Marchand, Roberge, Primiano, & Germain, 2009;Sharp, Power, Simpson, Swanson, & Anstee, 1997), and meta-analytic work documents a pooled medium effect for CBT across studies (Hofmann & Smits, 2008). Limited work has evaluated the efficacy of CBT in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia in adolescent populations.…”