Short-term efficacy of psychological and psychopharmacological interventions for panic disorder appears not to be different

Psychological therapies versus pharmacological interventions for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016;10:CD011170.The efficacy of psychological treatments for panic disorder G Ç ö without or with agoraphobia G Ç ö in comparison with waitlist, psychological placebo or pharmacological placebo controls is well established.1 Also pharmacotherapy has proved to be efficacious compared with placebo.2 However, meta-analyses directly comparing psychological and pharmacological treatments tend to be outdated.3 The aim of this paper was therefore to assess the relative efficacy and acceptability of psychological and pharmacological treatments for panic disorder in adults.The authors searched the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group Specialised Register on 11th September 2015. Among psychological treatments, the focus was on cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and supportive therapies.
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