panic disorder more success stories i posted this to sci psychology on april and after seeing your post here on panice disorder thought it would be relevant my research indicates that two schools of thought exist the literature promoting medication says it s the superior treatment not surprisingly literature promoting cognitive therapy also claims to be superior what are the facts early in my research i didn t have a bias towards either medication or cognitive therapy i was interested in a treatment that worked after reading journals published after the cognitive therapy camp claims a higher success rate approx a lower drop out rate and no side effects associated with medication lars goran ost published an excellent article titled applied relaxation description of a coping technique and a review of controlled studies this is from behav res ther vol no pp the article provides instructions on how to perform applied relaxation ar briefly you start with two minute sessions daily and progress in weeks to performing thirty second sessions daily i ll snail mail this article to anyone interested usa only please international please pay for postage mark vonwaadn kuhub cc ukans edu
