Panic Disorders Clinical Trials

The effectiveness of a Rumination Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment (RF-CBT) will be compared with a wait list control group using a randomized control trial (RCT) design in a culture where this has not been tested before. The treatment approach was design to specifically target repetitive negative thinking (e.g., rumination and worries). ...

The Freespira Breathing System (FBS; www.freespira.com) developed by Palo Alto Health Sciences, Inc, is a portable home device , and has been employed in breathing biofeedback in adults with panic disorder (PD). The FBS has now received FDA clearance for the treatment of PD adults and is currently commercially available ...

This study uses functional MRI in people with anxiety and stress-related disorders to evaluate the neural correlates of fear conditioning and extinction. During fear conditioning participants see a picture of a face that predicts a mild electrical shock to the wrist. Participants then return the next day to the scanner ...

Study Visits/Contacts/Interventions Procedures for Participants in the Collaborative Care Intervention In the hospital, participants randomized to CC will work with the care manager to: (a) define specific goals related to their psychiatric condition, health behaviors, and self-care, (b) initiate care for their psychiatric condition, and (c) make a plan for ...

The Collabri Flex model for Collaborative Care takes point of departure in the earlier study Collabri. It is changed according to gathered information under the first study of the Collabri model in order to achieve a Danish Collaborative Care model easier to implement. The aims of Project Collabri Flex are ...

DEFINITIONS ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE CLASSIFICATION Arterial Blood Pressure (ABP) is a complex physiological variable in regard to its measure, behavior between BP taken in the same visit at the office and between these and ABPM, chronobiology (different day time BP levels), evolution in time, meaning and classification. Not appropriate approach ...

The human brain is constantly bombarded with sensory information from the external world. This series of studies aim to explore the effects of reducing environmental stimulation using specially designed floatation pools that minimize visual, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive, and thermal input to the brain. Previous research has shown that "floating" in ...

The study population will involve all assenting/consenting patients, both male and female, admitted to the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program at McLean Hospital. This program provides intensive group-based treatment for anxious youth (aged 9-18). Patients in the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program participate in a minimum of four weeks of treatment and ...

Impairing anxiety affects 33% of the population by adolescence and can become chronic, leading to depression, substance abuse, school-drop out and even suicide. To reduce anxiety and prevent its sequelae, patients must be effectively treated early; yet, the first line intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), has a heterogeneous response with ...

Orexins Hypocretins (orexins), a more recently identified class of pro-arousal neuropeptides, are synthesized by neurons in the lateral and posterior hypothalamus The main described orexins, orexin A (ORX A) and orexin B (ORX B), are both cleaved from a common precursor peptide, prepro-orexin. Orexin A, a 33 amino-acid residue peptide, ...