The review established the paucity of high quality evidence investigating the efficacy of psychotherapy combined with benzodiazepines for panic disorder .
Currently , there is inadequate evidence to assess the clinical effects of psychotherapy combined with benzodiazepines for patients who are diagnosed with panic disorder
BACKGROUND The efficacy of combining psychotherapy and benzodiazepines for panic disorder is unclear , despite widespread use .
OBJECTIVES To examine the efficacy of the combination compared with either treatment alone .
Arousal levels and attribution effects in diazepam-assisted flooding.
Severely agoraphobic patients were treated with a combination of imaginal flooding and exposure to phobic situations in practice . This behavioural treatment was found to be more effective if given together with an anxiolytic drug ( diazepam ) . There was no indication that the therapeutic changes induced were smaller or more transient if the patient attributed them to the drug rather than to the behavioural treatment ; instead there appeared to be a placebo-like effect as well as the drug effect
The review established the paucity of high quality evidence investigating the efficacy of psychotherapy combined with benzodiazepines for panic disorder .
Currently , there is inadequate evidence to assess the clinical effects of psychotherapy combined with benzodiazepines for patients who are diagnosed with panic disorder
BACKGROUND The efficacy of combining psychotherapy and benzodiazepines for panic disorder is unclear , despite widespread use .
OBJECTIVES To examine the efficacy of the combination compared with either treatment alone .