Medication use and the assessment of agoraphobic avoidance

Many anxiety disorder patients who present for behaviour therapy are already taking anxiolytic medications. The present study added a new subscale to the Mobility Inventory labelled 'Without Medication' to assess possible reliance on medication for coping with phobic situations. 121 Patien...

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Published in:	Behaviour research and therapy Vol. 30; no. 6; p. 563
Main Authors:	Swinson, R P, Cox, B J, Shulman, I D, Kuch, K, Woszczyna, C B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-11-1992
Subjects:	Adult Agoraphobia - psychology Agoraphobia - rehabilitation Anti-Anxiety Agents - therapeutic use Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use Arousal - drug effects Benzodiazepines Combined Modality Therapy Desensitization, Psychologic Female Humans Male Panic Disorder - psychology Panic Disorder - rehabilitation Personality Assessment Social Environment
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Summary:	Many anxiety disorder patients who present for behaviour therapy are already taking anxiolytic medications. The present study added a new subscale to the Mobility Inventory labelled 'Without Medication' to assess possible reliance on medication for coping with phobic situations. 121 Patients with panic-related disorders were administered the scale. The results supported the reliability and validity of the existing Mobility Inventory subscales in general and of the new subscale in particular. It appears to reliably assess a clinically important domain that is not measured in traditional self-report measures of phobic avoidance.
ISSN:	0005-7967
DOI:	10.1016/0005-7967(92)90001-W