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Developmental epidemiology of anxiety disordersKatja Beesdo-Baum
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 21:457-78. 2012..This identification is crucial to facilitate research prevention, early interventions, and treatment programs...
The short- and long-term effect of duloxetine on painful physical symptoms in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: results from three clinical trialsKatja Beesdo
Technische Universitaet Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden, Germany
J Anxiety Disord 23:1064-71. 2009..02). In conclusion, duloxetine was efficacious in the short- and long-term treatment of PPS, which are common in GAD patients...
Pain associated with specific anxiety and depressive disorders in a nationally representative population sampleKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187, Dresden, Germany
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:89-104. 2010....
Common and distinct amygdala-function perturbations in depressed vs anxious adolescentsKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:275-85. 2009..Few studies directly compare amygdala function in depressive and anxiety disorders. Data from longitudinal research emphasize the need for such studies in adolescents...
Anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: developmental issues and implications for DSM-VKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Psychiatr Clin North Am 32:483-524. 2009..This type of information is important for improved early recognition and differential diagnosis as well as prevention and treatment in this age span...
Incidence and risk patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders and categorization of generalized anxiety disorderKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer St 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:47-57. 2010..Controversy surrounds the diagnostic categorization of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)...
Incidence of social anxiety disorder and the consistent risk for secondary depression in the first three decades of lifeKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:903-12. 2007....
Agoraphobia and panic. Prospective-longitudinal relations suggest a rethinking of diagnostic conceptsHans Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Psychother Psychosom 77:147-57. 2008..The aim of the current study is to prospectively examine the 10-year natural course of PA, PD and AG in the first three decades of life, their stability and their reciprocal transitions...
What characteristics of primary anxiety disorders predict subsequent major depressive disorder?Antje Bittner
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 65:618-26, quiz 730. 2004....
A typology of cannabis-related problems among individuals with repeated illegal drug use in the first three decades of life: Evidence for heterogeneity and different treatment needsHans Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
Drug Alcohol Depend 102:151-7. 2009..Cannabis use (CU) and disorders (CUD) are highly prevalent among adolescents and young adults. We aim to identify clinically meaningful latent classes of users of cannabis and other illegal substances with distinct problem profiles...
The role of parental psychopathology and family environment for social phobia in the first three decades of lifeSusanne Knappe
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Depress Anxiety 26:363-70. 2009..To examine the role of parental psychopathology and family environment for the risk of social phobia (SP) in offspring from childhood to early adulthood, encompassing the high risk period for SP...
Psychometric properties of the Retrospective Self Report of Inhibition (RSRI) in a representative German sampleHeike Rohrbacher
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:80-8. 2008..The psychometric properties of the German RSRI were found to be comparable to those of the English version. The applicability of this questionnaire in German-speaking countries is therefore recommended for adolescents and young adults...
Association between generalized anxiety levels and pain in a community sample: evidence for diagnostic specificityKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
J Anxiety Disord 23:684-93. 2009..It is unclear whether generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has a specific relationship to pain syndromes, going beyond the established association of pain with anxiety syndromes in general...
Do parental psychopathology and unfavorable family environment predict the persistence of social phobia?Susanne Knappe
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
J Anxiety Disord 23:986-94. 2009..Predictors for SP persistence differ from those predicting SP onset. Unfavorable family environment alone and in interaction with parental disorders predict higher SP persistence...
Mood episodes and mood disorders: patterns of incidence and conversion in the first three decades of lifeKatja Beesdo
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Bipolar Disord 11:637-49. 2009....
Generalized anxiety and depression in primary care: prevalence, recognition, and managementHans Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 63:24-34. 2002....
Risk and speed of transitions to first alcohol dependence symptoms in adolescents: a 10-year longitudinal community study in GermanySilke Behrendt
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
Addiction 103:1638-47. 2008..It is unclear whether early onset of AU is associated with the speed of transition to first AD symptoms and whether specific first AD symptoms and their timing are associated with AD...
Worry exposure versus applied relaxation in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorderJurgen Hoyer
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Psychother Psychosom 78:106-15. 2009..We aimed to examine whether WE alone is as efficacious as the empirically supported stand-alone treatment for GAD, applied relaxation (AR)...
Associations of familial risk factors with social fears and social phobia: evidence for the continuum hypothesis in social anxiety disorder?Susanne Knappe
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
J Neural Transm 116:639-48. 2009..Parental psychopathology and negative parental styles may be used defining high-risk groups to assign individuals with already subthreshold conditions of SAD to early intervention programs...
The natural course of cannabis use, abuse and dependence during the first decades of lifeAxel Perkonigg
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
Addiction 103:439-49; discussion 450-1. 2008..The current study estimated rates and risk factors associated with stability and variation in cannabis use patterns, cannabis abuse and cannabis dependence in a community sample over a 10-year period...
The position of anxiety disorders in structural models of mental disordersHans Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universita t Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
Psychiatr Clin North Am 32:465-81. 2009..Extant results are not stable enough to form the basis of clinical diagnostic classification systems such as DSM and the International Classification of Diseases...
[Diagnosing mental disorders: gold or tin standard?--Critical comments on standardized diagnostic interviews and clinical routine diagnoses]Susanne Knappe
Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 58:72-5. 2008..do not justify this conclusion. Aside from substantial methodological deficits, we question the authors' assumption that clinical diagnoses could be regarded as an appropriate "gold standard"...
Depressive episodes--evidence for a causal role of primary anxiety disorders?Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden University of Technology, Chemnitzerstrasse 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 18:384-93. 2003..The goal of this paper is to review recent literature, summarize implications of previous findings, and suggest directions for future research regarding preventive and intervention strategies...
Posttraumatic stress disorder: diagnostic and epidemiological perspectivesHans Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
CNS Spectr 14:5-12. 2009..A further exploitation of the existing data, and an improvement of existing epidemiological methods, strategies, and assessments are likely to substantially contribute to the clarification of unresolved diagnostic issues...
