Panic and Phobias 2 Treatments and Variables Affecting Course and Outcome [Paperback]

I: Psychological or Biological Treatments of Panic and Phobias: Current State of the Controversy.- 1. Natural Course and Spontaneous Remissions of Untreated Anxiety Disorders: Results of the Munich Follow-up Study (MFS).- 2. Biology and Pharmacological Treatment of Panic Disorder.- 3. The Mutually Potentiating Effects of Imipramine and Exposure in Agoraphobia.- II: Pharmacological, Cognitive, and Behavioral Treatment of Panic and Phobias: Current State of Research.- 4. Effects of Discontinuation of Antipanic Medication.- 5. Comparison of Alprazolam and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Panic Disorder: A Preliminary Report.- 6. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Panic.- 7. Cognitive Factors in the Treatment of Anxiety States.- 8. Long-Term Efficacy of Ungraded Versus Graded Massed Exposure in Agoraphobia.- 9. Exposure Treatment of Agoraphobia with Panic Attacks: Are Drugs Essential?.- III: Specific Variables Affecting Mode of Treatment: Experimental Studies on Physiology and Cognition.- 10. Panic Attacks in Nonclinical Subjects.- 11. Panic, Perception, and pCO2.- 12. Selective Information Processing, Interoception, and Panic Attacks.- 13. Tests of a Cognitive Theory of Panic.- 14. What Cognitions Differentiate Panic Disorder from Other Anxiety Disorders?.- 15. Factors Relevant to Lactate Response in Panic Disorder.- 16. Do Anxiety Patients Differ in Autonomic Base Levels and Stress Response from Normal Controls?.- 17. Comorbidity of Panic Disorder and Major Depression: Results from a Family Study.- 18. Anxiety and Sensitization: A Neuropsychological Approach.- IV: Specific Variables Affecting Treatment Outcome of Anxiety Disorders: Clinical, Psychosocial, and Interactional Factors.- 19. Failures in Exposure Treatment of Agoraphobia: Evaluation and Prediction.- 20. Prediction of Outcome Following In Vivo Exposure Treatment of Agoraphobia.- 21. Intra- and Interpersonal Characteristics Predictive of Long-Term Outcome Following Behavioral Treatment of Obsessilc*