The efficacy of two forms of psychotherapy with panic disordered patients, a cognitive-behavioral and a psychodynamic one, are compared under two different, randomized conditions: randomization or self-selection. The basic hypotheses are that the efficacy of both treatments is higher and that the efficacy difference is smaller under self-selection than randomized conditions.
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Change on Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS; Shear et al., 1997)
Timeframe: Growth curve analysis across intake and follow up at termination and 6, 12 and 24 months after termination
Change in occupational status
Timeframe: Growth curve analysis across intake and follow up at termination and 6, 12 and 24 months after termination
Change in absence from work due to sickness
Timeframe: Growth curve analysis across 3 months before intake, intake and follow up at termination and 6, 12 and 24 months after termination