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| Brett J DeaconSummaryAffiliation: Mayo Clinic Country: USA Publications
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The Anxiety Sensitivity Index - Revised: psychometric properties and factor structure in two nonclinical samplesBrett J Deacon
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, USA
Behav Res Ther 41:1427-49. 2003..Results across both samples in the present study were highly similar. The strengths and limitations of the ASI-R are discussed, and the implications of our findings for the nature and measurement of AS are considered...- Cognitive and behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders: a review of meta-analytic findingsBrett J Deacon
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Clin Psychol 60:429-41. 2004..Due to the small number of outcome studies involving pure cognitive treatments, reliable conclusions about the effectiveness of this approach cannot be offered. Additional theoretical and practical considerations are discussed... - Parents' perceptions of pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral treatments for childhood anxiety disordersAmy M Brown
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:819-28. 2007..Our results suggest that parents of anxious children prefer CBT to medication for the treatment of their child's anxiety disorder. Directions for future research are discussed... - Psychometric properties and construct validity of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory--Revised: Replication and extension with a clinical sampleJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:1016-35. 2006..The OCI-R is recommended as an empirically validated instrument that can be used in a range of clinical and research settings for research on OCD... - Scrupulosity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: relationship to clinical and cognitive phenomenaElizabeth A Nelson
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:1071-86. 2006..These results are examined in terms of cognitive behavioral conceptualizations of OCD and the treatment implications of these findings are discussed... - The role of cognitive factors in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a prospective studyJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic OCD Anxiety Disorders Program, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:1361-74. 2006..These data provide evidence for specific dysfunctional beliefs as risk factors in the development of some types of OCD symptoms... - The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: factor analysis, construct validity, and suggestions for refinementBrett J Deacon
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 19:573-85. 2005..In contrast to the Resistance/Control Subscale, the Severity Subscale demonstrated good psychometric properties and construct validity. Based on our findings we recommend revisions to scoring the Y-BOCS... - A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxietyStephen P Whiteside
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, West 11, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
Psychiatry Res 146:137-47. 2006..Reanalysis of the significant group differences controlling for state anxiety symptoms erased three of the four group differences. These results are discussed in context of the methodological difficulties facing this area of research... - Association between Protestant religiosity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms and cognitionsJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Depress Anxiety 20:70-6. 2004..Results are discussed in terms of the relationship between religion and OCD symptoms in the context of the cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of OCD... - Severe health anxiety: why it persists and how to treat itJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Compr Ther 30:44-9. 2004..Because HA is associated with patients' personal suffering and clinical management problems, it is important for clinicians to be knowledgeable about current conceptual and treatment approaches to this problem... - Dimensionality of somatic complaints: factor structure and psychometric properties of the Self-Rating Anxiety ScaleBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, ACC 812, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:543-61. 2006..The strengths and limitations of the SAS are offered as well as the implications of our findings for the nature and assessment of somatic complaints in anxiety disorders... 
The latent structure of anxiety sensitivity--revisitedJoshua J Broman-Fulks
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Assessment 15:188-203. 2008..Several potential explanations for the discrepancy between these findings and those of previous research are discussed, as well as the implications of these findings for the conceptualization and measurement of anxiety sensitivity...- Health anxiety, hypochondriasis, and the anxiety disordersJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Behav Ther 38:86-94. 2007..Findings are discussed in terms of cognitive-behavioral models of anxiety disorders... - The Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale-Revised: psychometric properties and specificity in relation to anxiety disorder symptomsBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 301 Wilson Hall, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:918-30. 2007..These findings are discussed in terms of promoting a more valid and reliable assessment of disgust in anxiety disorders... - The Anxiety Sensitivity Profile revisited: factor structure and psychometric properties in two nonclinical samplesBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, 216 Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
J Anxiety Disord 19:603-25. 2005..Correlations between the ASP factors and related variables were consistent with AS theory. The strengths and limitations of the ASP are offered as well as the implications of our findings for the nature and assessment of AS... - Panic attacks, depression and anxiety symptoms, and substance use behaviors during late adolescenceDavid P Valentiner
Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
J Anxiety Disord 18:573-85. 2004..These results are consistent with the idea that self-medication and symptom exacerbation play a role in the development of co-occurring substance use disorders and mood and anxiety disorders... - Body vigilance in nonclinical and anxiety disorder samples: structure, correlates, and prediction of health concernsBunmi O Olatunji
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37023, USA
Behav Ther 38:392-401. 2007..The implications of our findings for the nature and measurement of body vigilance as a predictor of health concerns in anxiety disorders are considered... 
Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: a meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug AdministrationIrving Kirsch
Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 5:e45. 2008..The purpose of this analysis is to establish the relation of baseline severity and antidepressant efficacy using a relevant dataset of published and unpublished clinical trials...