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The Galway Study of Panic Disorder. IV. Temporal stability of diagnosis by present state examination test-retest

The Galway Study of Panic Disorder. IV. Temporal stability of diagnosis by present state examination test-retest
The Galway Study of Panic Disorder. IV. Temporal stability of diagnosis by present state examination test-retest
BACKGROUND: A long-term outcome study of DSM-III-R panic disorder included the Present State Examination (PSE) at baseline and follow up five to six years later.
METHOD: PSE test-retest and individual within- patient change scores on various PSE syndromes were assessed for consistency with either a categorical view of panic disorder as a stable clinical entity or panic disorder as one facet only of a "general neurotic syndrome'.
RESULTS: PSE profile at baseline was virtually identical with that at follow up. Few patients had changed in PSE syndrome diagnosis after five to six years.
CONCLUSION: These data, although not conclusive, are supportive of the concept of DSM-III-R panic disorder as a stable clinical entity and are correspondingly difficult to reconcile with the view that panic disorder is but one facet only of a general neurotic syndrome.
0007-1250
169-100
O'Rouke, D.
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Fahy, T.J.
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Prescott, P.
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O'Rouke, D.
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Fahy, T.J.
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Prescott, P.
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O'Rouke, D., Fahy, T.J. and Prescott, P. (1996) The Galway Study of Panic Disorder. IV. Temporal stability of diagnosis by present state examination test-retest. British Journal of Psychiatry, 169 (1), 169-100.

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BACKGROUND: A long-term outcome study of DSM-III-R panic disorder included the Present State Examination (PSE) at baseline and follow up five to six years later.
METHOD: PSE test-retest and individual within- patient change scores on various PSE syndromes were assessed for consistency with either a categorical view of panic disorder as a stable clinical entity or panic disorder as one facet only of a "general neurotic syndrome'.
RESULTS: PSE profile at baseline was virtually identical with that at follow up. Few patients had changed in PSE syndrome diagnosis after five to six years.
CONCLUSION: These data, although not conclusive, are supportive of the concept of DSM-III-R panic disorder as a stable clinical entity and are correspondingly difficult to reconcile with the view that panic disorder is but one facet only of a general neurotic syndrome.

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Published date: 1996
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Local EPrints ID: 29971
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29971
ISSN: 0007-1250
PURE UUID: b231122f-dc24-4405-95e9-6be516ceb2f9

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Date deposited: 11 May 2007
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 06:54

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Author: D. O'Rouke
Author: T.J. Fahy
Author: P. Prescott

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