Temperament and personality features in patients with major depression, panic disorder and mixed conditions.

Method: Forty-two patients with Panic Disorder (P), 18 with Major Depression (MD), 35 with both conditions (MIX) and 45 healthy subjects (C) were tested with the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire and the Structured Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders.

Results: A different prevalence of Dependent (P = 16.7%, MD = 5.

Temperament and personality features in panic disorder with or without comorbid mood disorders.

Personality and temperament features, assessed with the Structured Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders-Revised (SIDP-R) and the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), respectively, were evaluated in 62 patients affected by panic disorder with (PD + MD) (n = 22) or without comorbid mood disorder (PD) (n = 40). A significant difference in the prevalence of personality disorders (PD + MD, 86% vs. PD, 62%; P < 0.

The treatment of panic disorder in a clinical setting: a 12-month naturalistic study.

In the treatment of panic disorder double-blind controlled studies have demonstrated that imipramine (IMI) was effective at doses higher than 125 mg/day. However a high rate of dropouts because of side effects has been reported in these subjects. In clinical settings, the administration of benzodiazepines (BDZ) in combination with IMI has been proposed to reduce the frequency and severity of side effects.