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Is a combined therapy more effective than either CBT or SSRI alone? Results of a multicenter trial on panic disorder with or without agoraphobia

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Van Apeldoorn, F. J., Van Hout, W. J. P. J., Mersch, P. P. A., Huisman, M., Slaap, B. R., Hale, W. W., Visser, S., Van Dyck, R. +1 more·2008·Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

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Objective: To establish whether the combination of cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT) and pharmacotherapy (SSRI) was more effective in treating panic disorder (PD) than either CBT or SSRI alone, and to evaluate any differential effects between the mono‐treatments. Method: Patients with PD ( n = 150) with or without agoraphobia received CBT, SSRI or CBT + SSRI. Outcome was assessed after 9 months, before medication taper. Results: CBT + SSRI was clearly superior to CBT in both completer and intent‐to‐treat analysis (ITT). Completer analysis revealed superiority of CBT + SSRI over SSRI on three measures and no differences between CBT and SSRI. ITT analysis revealed superiority of SSRI over CBT on four measures and no differences between CBT + SSRI and SSRI. Conclusion: Both the mono‐treatments (CBT and SSRI) and the combined treatment (CBT + SSRI) proved to be effective treatments for PD. At post‐test, CBT + SSRI was clearly superior to CBT, but differences between CBT + SSRI and SSRI, and between SSRI and CBT, were small.

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  • In clinical settings, approximately 20-40% of patients with panic disorder did not achieve full remission with recommended drugs or cognitive behavioral therapy.

    “in clinical settings, approximately 20–40% of patients did not achieve full remission with the recommended drugs or CBT [10–12]”

    From Management of Treatment-Resistant Panic Disorder (2017) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Assessment and Treatment effects sections report panic-free and responder outcomes after CBT or SSRI, so the paper supports that not all treated patients reached those outcomes. It does not report a 20–40% failure-to-achieve-full-remission rate. The similar percentages in Attrition (22.9% for SSRI and 39.6% for CBT) are dropout rates, not remission rates; page numbers were unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  1. [8]8. Barlow DH, Gorman JM, Shear MK, Woods SW. Cognitive- behavioral therapy, imipramine, or their combination for panic disorder. JAMA 2000;283:2529-2536.

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Van Apeldoorn, F. J., Van Hout, W. J. P. J., Mersch, P. P. A., Huisman, M., Slaap, B. R., Hale, W. W., Visser, S., Van Dyck, R., & Den Boer, J. A.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • University of Groningen (NL)
  • Organon (Netherlands) (NL)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-02-26
Volume
117
Issue
4
Pages
260-270
ISSN
  • 0001-690X (ISSN-L)
  • 1600-0447
OpenAlex
W2117146356
Cited by
65
References
40
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FWCI
6.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Keywords
panic disorder, agoraphobia, cognitive behavioral therapy, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, treatment efficacy, psychotherapy versus pharmacotherapy
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Disorders, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Panic Disorder, Treatment Outcome, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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