A INTERFERÊNCIA DOS TRANSTORNOS DE PERSONALIDADE NO TRATAMENTO DO TRANSTORNO DE PÂNICO: UMA ABORDAGEM COGNITIVO-COMPORTAMENTAL

Abstract

Anxiety is an emotion inherent in human beings, present in all people, being part of the process of adaptation to the environment in which they live. The anxiety, when overly experienced, may become pathological, presenting itself as a disorder. Among the anxiety disorders, panic disorder is defined by the occurrence of recurrent attacks of anxiety, which suddenly appears for no reason apparent trigger. Studies show that CBT is effective in the treatment of panic disorder. However, when there are associated comorbidities - namely, personality disorders - the researches show less significant results of cognitive-behavioral intervention for this type of association.