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Species | Gisele G ManfroSummaryAffiliation: Porto Alegre Country: Brazil Publications
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Relationship between adult social phobia and childhood anxietyGisele Gus Manfro
Psychiatric Service of the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:96-9. 2003..The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of traumas and the presence of childhood anxiety disorders in adult patients with social phobia and investigate their influence on the presentation of the disorder...- [Cognitive-behavioral therapy in panic disorder]Gisele Gus Manfro
Programa de Transtornos de Ansiedade, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 30:s81-7. 2008..Cognitive behavioral therapy provides an alternative and efficacious method for treating panic disorder and agoraphobic avoidance. The objective of the study is to describe the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder... 
Lack of association between the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and Panic Disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysisCarolina Blaya
Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Anxiety Disorders Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Behav Brain Funct 3:41. 2007..abstract:..- Defense mechanisms after brief cognitive-behavior group therapy for panic disorder: one-year follow-upElizeth Heldt
Anxiety Disorders Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:540-3. 2007..359; p = 0.047). These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that defense styles are malleable in short-term treatment and are, at least partially, symptom-state dependent... 
A pilot study of clonazepam versus psychodynamic group therapy plus clonazepam in the treatment of generalized social anxiety disorderDaniela Z Knijnik
Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Anxiety Disorders Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Ramiro Barcellos 2350, room 400N, CEP 90035 003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Eur Psychiatry 23:567-74. 2008..Both psychodynamic group therapy (PGT) and clonazepam are used as treatment strategies in reducing symptoms of generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD). However, many individuals remain symptomatic after treatment with PGT or clonazepam...- Defense style changes with the addition of psychodynamic group therapy to clonazepam in social anxiety disorderDaniela Z Knijnik
Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:547-51. 2009..Neurotic defense style can change toward greater adaptiveness with the addition of PGT to clonazepam in GSAD, even in 12 weeks... - Predictors of relapse in the second follow-up year post cognitive-behavior therapy for panic disorderElizeth Heldt
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 33:23-9. 2011..To investigate predictors of relapse two years after a brief cognitive-behavior group therapy in patients with panic disorder who had failed to respond to pharmacologic treatment... - Quality of life and treatment outcome in panic disorder: cognitive behavior group therapy effects in patients refractory to medication treatmentElizeth Heldt
Program of Anxiety Disorders, , Porto Alegre, Brazil
Psychother Psychosom 75:183-6. 2006..094). CONCLUSIONS: CBGT was efficacious in the treatment of PD; the symptoms of anticipatory anxiety and avoidance appear to be more important than episodic panic episodes in affecting QoL... - The efficacy of milnacipran in panic disorder: an open trialCarolina Blaya
Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Anxiety Disorders Program, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 22:153-8. 2007..Although results may be influenced by the open design of this pilot study and by the small sample size, our findings suggest that milnacipran may be effective for the treatment of panic disorder and justify further research... - Trauma and defense style as response predictors of pharmacological treatment in panic patientsLeticia Kipper
Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Anxiety Disorders Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, CEP 90035 003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Eur Psychiatry 22:87-91. 2007..The aim of this study is to verify whether history of trauma and defense style are predictors to pharmacological treatment response in PD patients... - A randomized clinical trial of cognitive-behavioral group therapy and sertraline in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorderMarcelo B Sousa
Postgraduate Program in Medical Science, Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the Anxiety Disorder Program, , Porto Alegre, Brazil
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1133-9. 2006..Nevertheless, the rate of symptom reduction, intensity reduction of compulsions, and percentage of patients who obtained full remission were significantly higher in patients treated with CBGT... - Preliminary evidence of association between EFHC2, a gene implicated in fear recognition, and harm avoidanceCarolina Blaya
Anxiety Disorders Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Department of Psychiatry, Luiz Manoel Gonzaga 630 11, 90470 280 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Neurosci Lett 452:84-6. 2009..In sum, we observed evidence of association between a variant in EFHC2, a gene previously associated with the processing of fear and social threat, and HA. Larger studies are warranted to confirm this association... - Treating medication-resistant panic disorder: predictors and outcome of cognitive-behavior therapy in a Brazilian public hospitalElizeth Heldt
Anxiety Disorder Program, , RS, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Psychother Psychosom 72:43-8. 2003..Among these patients, depression as well as neurotic defense style was associated with a poorer outcome. The use of CBT in Brazil for treatment-resistant and other panic patients is encouraged... - P50 sensory gating in panic disorderEduardo S Ghisolfi
Departamento de Ciencias Fisiologicas, Faculdade de Biociências da, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av Ipiranga, 6681 Prédio 12 A, 90619 900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
J Psychiatr Res 40:535-40. 2006..Further studies are still necessary to better understand the pathophysiology of this neurophysiological dysfunction and its nature as a trait or a state marker... - Brazilian patients with panic disorder: the use of defense mechanisms and their association with severityLeticia Kipper
Post Graduate Program in Medical Science Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Anxiety Disorder Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:58-64. 2004..2 versus 3.5; p < 0.001). It was concluded that the panic severity and depression comorbidity found in Brazilian panic-disordered patients are associated with the use of maladaptive mechanisms, namely immature defenses... - Stress regulates the lymphocyte homing receptor CD62L (L-selectin)Gisele Gus Manfro
Departamento de Bioquimica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Servico de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 61:20-4. 2003..The results of the ex vivo study are in agreement with a previous clinical study with panic patients. It could be suggested that stress is responsible for certain immunologic dysfunctions and new studies should be conducted... - Behavioral inhibition and history of childhood anxiety disorders in Brazilian adult patients with panic disorder and social anxiety disorderLuciano Rassier Isolan
Anxiety Disorders Program, Psychiatric Service, , RS, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 27:97-100. 2005.... - An open-label trial of escitalopram in children and adolescents with social anxiety disorderLuciano Isolan
Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Anxiety Disorders Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 17:751-60. 2007..001). Escitalopram was generally well-tolerated. These results suggest that escitalopram may be an effective and safe treatment for pediatric SAD. Future double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials are warranted... - Harm avoidance and self-directedness as essential features of panic disorder patientsCláudia Wachleski
Anxiety Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Compr Psychiatry 49:476-81. 2008..The purpose of the study is to compare the personality traits assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) between patients with panic disorder (PD) and a control group in a Brazilian sample... - Evaluation of defense mechanisms in adult patients with panic disorder: before and after treatmentLeticia Kipper
Post Graduate Program in Medical Science, Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:619-24. 2005..4 vs. 3.7; p=0.014) and immature (3.4 vs. 3.1; p = 0.019) defenses. Defense mechanisms in PD are influenced by the presence of symptoms, severity, and outcome of the disease...