Publications by authors named "Mariana C Cabo"
Article Synopsis
- A study investigated the link between childhood separation anxiety disorder (CSAD) and panic disorder (PD), finding a stronger prevalence of CSAD in patients with the respiratory subtype (RS) of PD compared to the nonrespiratory subtype (NRS) and control groups.
- Among 180 participants, RS-PD patients exhibited a significantly higher history of CSAD at 55%, while NRS and control groups had 23% and 17%, respectively.
- The findings suggest that RS-PD patients are 3 times more likely to have CSAD than NRS-PD patients and over 5 times more likely compared to controls, indicating the importance of screening RS-PD patients for separation anxiety symptoms to improve treatment outcomes.
In this brief report we present the case of a 53 year old man with a very debilitating Generalized Anxiety Disorder successfully treated with tranylcypromine. After several failed treatment attempts following international guidelines recommendations over the course of one year and a half, tranylcypromine was prescribed which led to effective and sustained remission of anxiety symptoms for this patient. We also briefly explore treatment options for resistant cases of generalized anxiety disorder, given the major negative impacts of untreated GAD in a person's daily functioning and quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify which clinical features and personality traits are associated with quality of life (QoL) in panic disorder (PD) patients.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with PD patients. The brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and the Big Five Inventory (BFI) were used to assess QoL and personality traits respectively.
Background: Computer simulations (CS) and virtual reality exposure are promising techniques for research and treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). The objective of this study was to ascertain whether a given CS was a stimulus capable of producing panic attacks (PAs), anxiety and psychophysiological changes in patients with PDA.
Methods: Thirty PDA patients and 30 healthy subjects were recruited for this study.
Objective: Treatment for panic disorder (PD) have evolved, although there is still a strong unmet need for more effective and tolerable options. The present study summarizes and discusses recent evidence regarding the pharmacological and neuromodulatory treatment of PD.
Methods: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO and Thomson Reuters's Web of Science were searched for clinical trials published between 2010 and 2018.