Michelle G. Craske

TL;DR: Severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms was strongly associated with having more medical conditions over and above control variables, and the association was as strong as that between BMI and disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used continuous self-monitoring forms to track 285 panic disorder episodes over a two-week period using continuous selfmonitoring and found that the degree of anxiety experienced during panic attacks, both within and between individuals, was highly correlated with the number of symptoms.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-paced exposure-based program was used to treat agoraphobics treated with their spouse and without their spouse, and the results indicated that the spouse's involvement in the treatment process produced less disruption in work and leisure activities during the year following treatment.

TL;DR: Although at present the data do not warrant the utility of subtyping, further research aimed at patent gaps in the literature, including clearer operationalization of symptom subtypes, greater use of biological challenge paradigms and physiological and other more objective measures of fear and anxiety, may support the future designation of panic attack subtypes and their ultimate clinical utility.

TL;DR: In this paper, a controlled treatment outcome trial was conducted to test the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment for patients with nocturnal panic disorder, and the results showed that CBT was more effective than the passage of time alone.