Anxiety Disorders

J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 2009 Feb;57(1):131-48

Busch FN, Milrod BL, Sandberg LS.

Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College. fnb80@aol.com

Systematic research on psychoanalytic treatments has been limited by several factors, including a belief that clinical experience can demonstrate the effectiveness of psychoanalysis, rendering systematic research unnecessary, the view that psychoanalytic research would be difficult or impossible to accomplish, and a concern that research would distort the treatment being delivered. In recent years, however, many psychoanalysts have recognized the necessity of research in order to obtain a more balanced assessment of the role of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in a contemporary treatment armamentarium, as well as to allow appropriate evaluation and potentially greater acceptance by the broader mental health and medical communities. In this context, studies were conducted of a psychodynamic treatment, Panic-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PFPP), initially in an open trial and then in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in comparison with a less active treatment, Applied Relaxation Training (ART; Cerny et al. 1984), for adults with primary DSM-IV panic disorder. (More)

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2008 Jan-Mar; 37(1). Special Issue

This special issue is devoted to articles on evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adoescents. Articles include evidence based treatments for early autism, eating disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, traumatic events, ADHD, disruptive behavior, substance abuse and treatments for ethnic minority youth.

Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 May-Jun;30(3):208-25

Roy-Byrne PP, Davidson KW, Kessler RC, Asmundson GJ, Goodwin RD, Kubzansky L, Lydiard RB, Massie MJ, Katon W, Laden SK, Stein MB.

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. roybyrne@u.washington.edu

OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of the role of anxiety disorders in medical illness. METHOD: The Anxiety Disorders Association of America held a multidisciplinary conference from which conference leaders and speakers reviewed presentations and discussions, considered literature on prevalence, comorbidity, etiology and treatment, and made recommendations for research. (More)

J Trauma Stress. 2007 Dec;20(6):1009-18

Calhoun PS, Wiley M, Dennis MF, Means MK, Edinger JD, Beckham JC.

VA Mid-Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Patrick.Calhoun2@med.va.gov

Although sleep disturbance is considered a hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), objective evidence for sleep disturbance in patients with PTSD has been equivocal. The goal of the current investigation was to objectively examine sleep disturbance among women with PTSD in their home environment. (More)

Pediatr Ann. 2007 Sep;36(9):586-90, 592, 594-8

Compton SN, Kratochvil CJ, March JS.

Pediatric Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3527, Durham, NC 27710, USA. scompton@duke.edu

Behav Modif. 2007 Nov;31(6):732-48

Gray MJ, Elhai JD, Schmidt LO.

University of Wyoming, USA.

This study was designed to evaluate attitudes toward and utilization of evidence-based practices (EBPs) among mental health professionals specializing in trauma.

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 J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007 Oct;46(10):1367-74

Thienemann M, Hamilton JD.

Division of Child Development and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.

This column describes how a university clinic specializing in treating children with anxiety disorders managed over time to integrate empirically supported treatments and diagnostic methods, initially with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and later with other anxiety disorders as well.