Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
Volume 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-281

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Vietnamese Refugees With PTSD and Comorbid Panic Attacks (Article)

Hinton D.E.* , Safren S.A. , Pollack M.H. , Tran M.
  • a Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
  • b Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
  • c Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
  • d Arbour Counseling Services, Lowell, MA, United States

Abstract

For Vietnamese refugees, we describe (a) how headache- and orthostasis-focused panic attacks are generated, (b) a culturally sensitive treatment for PTSD with comorbid headache- and orthostasis-focused panic attacks, and (c) the outcome of a treatment series. In a multiple-baseline, across-subjects design (N = 3), all patients demonstrated treatment-related improvement of headache- and orthostasis-associated panic attacks; and in the repeated-measures, within-subjects design, all patients greatly improved across treatment on measures of psychopathology. One treatment case is presented. © 2006.

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rating scale neurobiology refugee behavior therapy human comorbidity priority journal cognitive therapy panic mental patient Treatment Outcome headache male case report Viet Nam standing theoretical study Article emotion psychobiology posttraumatic stress disorder repeat procedure serotonin uptake inhibitor disease association
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33749445415&doi=10.1016%2fj.cbpra.2006.04.008&partnerID=40&md5=84f5b684122b20b010efcff805953fe3
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2006.04.008
ISSN: 10777229
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English