BACKGROUND: Since 1988, the @entity146 outpatient clinic at Kongsberg Hospital has carried out group treatment for @entity1 with @entity148 . This study assesses the effect of this treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Nineteen of a total of 27 @entity1 were included in the study. Diagnostic criteria were @entity8396 with or without @entity4697 . The length of treatment was three months. Methods used were cognitive behavioural therapy, physiotherapy and group therapy. Ratings of the @entity1 ' symptoms were made before treatment, at termination of treatment and one to three years after. The Symptom Score Check List (SCL 90) rates the level of symptoms on nine different dimensions. RESULTS: Analysis of variance for repeated measures (ANOVA) indicates reduction on six of the symptom dimensions at termination of treatment. Significant values of reduction was achieved for @entity148 and @entity148 . This was even further reduced one to three years later. INTERPRETATION: We could not establish whether the treatment has been effective concerning the symptoms being treated.

[Group therapy of XXXX --benefits and profits].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity4697 :: ('MESH:D016584', 'Disease') :: ['panic disorder'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity8396 :: ('MESH:D000379', 'Disease') :: ['agoraphobia'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety', 'phobic anxiety', 'anxiety disorders']
@entity148 :: (MESH:D001008,Disease) :: ['anxiety']
