Universität zu Köln

Wittmann, Andre, Schlagenhauf, Florian ORCID: 0000-0001-8340-5027, Guhn, Anne, Lueken, Ulrike, Elle, Manja, Stoy, Meline, Liebscher, Carolin, Bermpohl, Felix, Fydrich, Thomas, Pfleiderer, Bettina, Bruhn, Harald, Gerlach, Alexander L. ORCID: 0000-0001-6794-5349, Straube, Benjamin ORCID: 0000-0002-9837-0944, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich, Arolt, Volker, Heinz, Andreas ORCID: 0000-0001-5405-9065, Kircher, Tilo and Stroehle, Andreas (2018). Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Neural Processing of Agoraphobia-Specific Stimuli in Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Psychother. Psychosom., 87 (6). S. 350 - 366. BASEL: KARGER. ISSN 1423-0348

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Abstract

Background: Patients suffering from panic disorder and agoraphobia are significantly impaired in daily life due to anxiety about getting into a situation due to apprehension about experiencing a panic attack, especially if escape may be difficult. Dysfunctional beliefs and behavior can be changed with cognitive behavioral therapy; however, the neurobiological effects of such an intervention on the anticipation and observation of agoraphobia-specific stimuli are unknown. Methods: We compared changes in neural activation by measuring the blood oxygen level-dependent signal of 51 patients and 51 healthy controls between scans before and those after treatment (group by time interaction) during anticipation and observation of agoraphobia-specific compared to neutral pictures using 3-T fMRI. Results: A significant group by time interaction was observed in the ventral striatum during anticipation and in the right amygdala during observation of agoraphobia-specific pictures; the patients displayed a decrease in ventral striatal activation during anticipation from pre- to posttreatment scans, which correlated with clinical improvement measured with the Mobility Inventory. During observation, the patients displayed decreased activation in the amygdala. These activational changes were not observed in the matched healthy controls. Conclusions: For the first time, neural effects of cognitive behavioral therapy were shown in patients suffering from panic disorder and agoraphobia using disorder-specific stimuli. The decrease in activation in the ventral striatum indicates that cognitive behavioral therapy modifies anticipatory anxiety and may ameliorate abnormally heightened salience attribution to expected threatening stimuli. The decreased amygdala activation in response to agoraphobia-specific stimuli indicates that cognitive behavioral therapy can alter the basal processing of agoraphobia-specific stimuli in a core region of the fear network.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wittmann, Andre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schlagenhauf, Florian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8340-5027 UNSPECIFIED Guhn, Anne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lueken, Ulrike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Elle, Manja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stoy, Meline UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Liebscher, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bermpohl, Felix UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fydrich, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfleiderer, Bettina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bruhn, Harald UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gerlach, Alexander L. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6794-5349 UNSPECIFIED Straube, Benjamin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-0944 UNSPECIFIED Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Arolt, Volker UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Heinz, Andreas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-9065 UNSPECIFIED Kircher, Tilo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stroehle, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-201001
DOI:	10.1159/000493146
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychother. Psychosom.
Volume:	87
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 350 - 366
Date:	2018
Publisher:	KARGER
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1423-0348
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; BRAIN ACTIVATION; MULTICENTER FMRI; FEAR; REACTIVITY; STRIATUM Multiple languages Psychiatry; Psychology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20100