Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

SAGETRACK

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Clinical Case Studies
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by McClanahan, T. M.
Right arrow Articles by Antonuccio, D. O.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Panic Attacks

Terry Michael McClanahan

Veterans Affairs, Sierra Nevada Healthcare System

David O. Antonuccio

Veterans Affairs, Sierra Nevada Healthcare System and University of Nevada School of Medicine

Anxiety affects approximately 30 million Americans at some point in their lives. The most common treatment modalities used to treat the continuum are the administration of psychotropic medications and the application of behavioral therapy. The following case details an adult female who suffered from severe panic attacks for a period of 10 years wherein numerous interventions, including psychotropic medications, had failed to ameliorate her suffering. The patient was treated using the Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic protocol. Prior to treatment, the patient reported that she experienced an average of seven panic attacks per week, her Beck Anxiety Inventory score was 58, and her Beck Depression Inventory was 23. At the completion of treatment, the patient reported that the number of panic attacks was reduced to one per week. At 4-week, 6-week, and 16-week follow-up, the patient had not experienced any panic attacks.

Key Words: panic disorder • cognitive-behavioral therapy • behavioral therapy • cognitive restructuring • exposure therapy • relaxation therapy

Clinical Case Studies, Vol. 1, No. 3, 211-223 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/15350102001003002
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?