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Clinical Characteristics of Female Panic Disorder with Early Sexual Abuse History  

Kim, Kyung Min (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
Kim, Min-Kyoung (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
Lee, Kang Soo (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
Choi, Tai Kiu (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
Lee, Sang-Hyuk (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
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Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry / v.23, no.4, 2016 , pp. 130-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives The objective of this study is to investigate differences of clinical characteristics between a healthy female control group and female panic disorder (PD) patients with early sexual abuse history (PD+S) and without early sexual abuse history (PD-S). Methods We examined data from 83 patients diagnosed with PD and 20 healthy control subjects. We divided the patients with PD into PD+S (32 patients) and PD-S (51 patients) to compare demographic and clinical characteristics. The following instruments were applied: the Stress coping strategies, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Panic Disorder Severity Scale, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASI-R), the Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire (APPQ) and the NEO-neuroticism. Results Compared to the PD-S, the PD+S group showed higher scores in neuroticism and the APPQ. And, in the PD+S group, the scores of neuroticism were correlated with the ASI-R and APPQ subscale scores and the APPQ total scores were associated with the scores of BDI. Conclusions This study shows that female PD+S patients have higher scores in neuroticism and the APPQ than the PD-S group, and these factors are associated with the panic-related symptoms severity. It emphasizes the need of specific strategies considering the childhood abuse history such as early sexual abuse in clinical approach among patients with PD.
Keywords
Panic disorder; Early sexual abuse;
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