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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Panic Disorder in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Two Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2008

Nicole Livermore ,
Louise Sharpe  and
David McKenzie
Nicole Livermore*
Affiliation:
Prince of Wales Hospital and University of Sydney, Australia
Louise Sharpe
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Australia
David McKenzie
Affiliation:
Prince of Wales Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
*
Reprint requests to Nicole Livermore, Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia. E-mail: nliv6234@mail.usyd.edu.au An extended version is also available online in the table of contents for this issue: http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_BCP
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Abstract

Anxiety symptoms and panic disorder are common sequelae of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an illness that primarily affects older adults. The aim of this paper is to describe the application of cognitive behavioural treatment for two patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and co-morbid panic disorder. The patients attended for eight to twelve sessions of cognitive behaviour therapy. Both improved on a range of indices of anxiety and quality of life. Neither patient met criteria for panic disorder at the end of treatment or over the following year. These two cases provide evidence that interventions of proven efficacy for treating panic disorder in healthy individuals can be adapted to treat patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Keywords

Panic disorderold age problemscognitive behaviour therapy
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 625 - 630
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2008

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