K. SRINIVASAN, D.P.M., M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore-560034
Indian J Psychiatry. 2002 Jul;44(3):246-52.
In a sample of 94 panic patients, 43 patients (45.7%) had comorbid depression. In majority of patients, the comorbid depression was severe enough to be diagnosed as major depression. Panic patients with depression were more severely functionally impaired and had more generalized anxiety symptoms as compared to pure panic patients. There were no significant differences between panic patients with primary and secondary depression on any of the clinical variables. Findings from the present study are in agreement with earlier studies in that panic disorder comorbid with depression is a much more severe illness than pure panic disorder.
在 94 名惊恐症患者的样本中，有 43 名患者（45.7%）存在共病性抑郁。在大多数患者中，共病性抑郁严重到足以被诊断为重度抑郁症。与单纯惊恐症患者相比，患有抑郁症的惊恐症患者的功能障碍更为严重，且具有更多的广泛性焦虑症状。在任何临床变量上，原发性和继发性抑郁的惊恐症患者之间均无显著差异。本研究的结果与早期研究一致，即伴有抑郁的惊恐障碍比单纯惊恐障碍严重得多。
