“Panic-like” symptomatology in schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients with postpsychotic depression: Observations and implications

Approximately one quarter of a series of 45 schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients with operationally diagnosed episodes of postpsychotic depression were also found to have anxiety symptoms consistent with the panic-attack syndrome. The incidence of such attacks was distributed across all demogr...

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Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 1991-11, Vol.32 (6), p.465-473
Main Authors: Cutler, Janis L., Siris, Samuel G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Panic Disorder - diagnosis
Panic Disorder - psychology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis
Psychotic Disorders - psychology
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenic Psychology
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Summary:Approximately one quarter of a series of 45 schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients with operationally diagnosed episodes of postpsychotic depression were also found to have anxiety symptoms consistent with the panic-attack syndrome. The incidence of such attacks was distributed across all demographic groups. Heuristic and treatment implications of this observation are considered.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/0010-440X(91)90025-8