Andre Marchand

..We hypothesized that the interventions would be more efficacious than supportive usual care on all outcomes...

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..This would make it possible to assess the relative efficacy of the treatment components rather than of the intervention as a whole...

..For the self-help modality, no predictor is significant neither at post-test nor one year later. For the group modality, the agoraphobic avoidance predicts outcome at post-test whereas symptoms severity predicts outcome one year later...

..To describe for family physicians screening, diagnosis, and treatment of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia (PD/A)...

..The relative efficacy of both interventions was also examined...

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..Full PTSD affected subsequent psychopathology, healthcare use, and hardiness. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed...

..The objective was to demonstrate the derivation and the preliminary validation of a brief screening score to improve recognition of panic-like anxiety in emergency department (ED) patients with unexplained chest pain...

..The present study highlights the important influence sleep has on the severity of PTSD symptoms. Future studies could explore whether the addition of interventions focusing on sleep help optimize PTSD treatment...

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..The results indicate that a therapeutic alliance can develop very well in both treatment conditions and that there is no significant difference between the two. Certain clinical and practical implications are discussed...

..It therefore appears that the combined treatment is relatively effective for PDA-GAD comorbidity. Possible avenues for improving the treatment are suggested...

..The examination of effect sizes supports these results. A number of clinical implications and certain avenues for future research are discussed...

..To examine the prevalence of acute stress disorder (ASD) after a myocardial infarction (MI) and the factors associated with its development...

..12) following the robbery. Clinicians and management resources personnel must be alert to the possibility that both PTSD and MDD, either alone or comorbid, can develop in victims of armed robbery...

..The 3rd participant also improved but achieved moderate endstate functioning. The strengths and limitations of the treatment are discussed...

..Investigate the links between different types of social support, psychological well-being and distress among individuals with anxiety disorders...

..Sleep disturbances are present in approximately 70% of individuals with an anxiety disorder (AD). Treatments for AD may alleviate associated sleep problems, but empirical support for this view is sparse...

..In conclusion, although our study is not a direct validation of the secondary traumatic stress model, our findings fail to provide strong support to the secondary traumatic stress hypothesis among partners of civilian PTSD patients...

..Self-efficacy in coping was negatively associated with relapse but not with outcome. Psychosocial factors play a role at different stages of the BZD withdrawal process and could be targeted in treatment...

..Such a practice may help prevent the development of chronic conditions...

..Social support from colleagues during the event emerged as a significant protective factor. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed...

..Differences in treatment groups were found on one of five measures of fear: greater improvement on the SBQ-F beliefs subscale was associated with in vivo exposure...

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..The aim of this study was to compare recalled parental behaviours in out-patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), in out-patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA), and in non-anxious controls...

..However, there were no differences between genders in other dimensions, including depression, situational and trait anxiety, stressful life events, social self-esteem, marital adjustment, and drug use...