Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia

Part one: Basic concepts. Panic disorder and agoraphobia: an introduction; Panic disorder: diagnosis, medical assessment and psychological assessment - R G Jacob and S O Lilienfeld; Epidemiology of panic attacks, panic disorder and agoraphobia - H U Wittchen and C A Essau; The biology of panic disorder: a long-term view and critique - M Lader; Psychosocial aspects of panic disorder - G L Thorpe and J E Hecker; Part two: Treatment; Pharmacologic treatment of panic disorder and agorophobia - A J Fyer, D Sandberg and D F Klein; The psychological treatment of panic attacks and agoraphobic avoidance - R M Rapee and D H Barlow; Combining pharmacotherapy and behaviour therapy in panic disorder and agoraphobia - R P Swinson, K Kuch and M M Antony; A psychodynamic approach to the treatment of panic disorder - M K Shear; Treatment of the difficult case with panic disorder (paroxysmal anxiety disorder) - D V Sheehan and B A Raj; Psychological approaches to the difficult patient - P M G Emmelkamp and T K Bouiman; Part three: Future directions in research, assessment and treatment; Anxiety disorders, review of neurotransmitter systems and new directions in research - G N M Gurguis and T W Uhde; A forward look: psychosocial perspectives - R Hallam; A final world - J R Walker, C A Ross and G R Norton.