Divided and selective attention in panic disorder
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Objective While depression is definitely a condition with diminished attentional functioning, there is little evidence as to whether attention is also disturbed in panic disorder. In the present study patients with panic disorder and with depression were compared by means of neuropsychological tests which assess selective and divided attention.Method Twenty-one inpatients with a Panic Disorder, 21 inpatients with a Major Depressive Disorder (DSM-IV diagnoses) and 20 healthy control subjects were investigated drug free. Neuropsychological standard tests were used to measure selective attention (Signal Detection, Wiener-Test-system) and divided attention (Gesichtsfeld-/Neglectprüfung, TAP), which allow the discrimination between left and right visual field stimulus processing.Results Patients with panic disorder and depression responded significantly slower than healthy control subjects in the test for divided attention, while no differences were found between the two groups of patients. In contrast, there were no differences among the groups of patients and control subjects in regard to reaction time in the test for selective attention. Stimulus presentations in the left and right visual fields did not affect the reaction times differently.Conclusions Patients with panic disorder appeared as disturbed in their attentional functioning as patients with depression. Therefore, ignoring attentional deficits in patients with panic disorder is not justified.
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- Authors
- Lautenbacher, S., Spernal, J., & Krieg, J.-C.
- Affiliations
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- ORCID
- Lautenbacher, Stefan
- Venue
- European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
- Published
- 2002-10-01
- Volume
- 252
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 210-213
- ISSN
- 0003-9373 (ISSN-L)
- 0940-1334
- 1433-8491
- OpenAlex
- W2413923995
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 1.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Keywords
- panic disorder, major depressive disorder, divided attention, selective attention, attention deficits, visual field neglect, reaction time, neuropsychological assessment
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Reaction Time, Severity of Illness Index, Visual Fields, Visual Perception, Panic Disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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