Panic Disorder: Psychological Management

If you choose psychological treatment as your management option, you should be provided cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT is a psycho-therapeutic method, which tackles dysfunctional feelings, behaviours, and intellectual functions via a number of target-oriented, precisely organised procedures. It will assist you to realise how your feelings, thoughts, problems, and behaviour impact one another.


They will provide CBT between seven and fourteen hours of treatment altogether. This is normally offered once a week sessions of one to two hours each. The full course of CBT should be finished in four months.

CBT should be offered in preferred language of the patient whenever the health-care professionals can.

Throughout the CBT course, you should see your primary health-care professional or GP regularly because, it helps them to assess the effectiveness of the management.

If CBT has not solved your condition, they should offer medication to treat panic disorder.


Related Links:

What Is Panic Disorder?
Planning the Management of Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder: Pharmacological Management
Panic Disorder: Self-help
What Happens If a Treatment for Panic Disorder Doesn’t Work?
Panic Disorder: Information for Carers and Patient’s Questions  
What Is Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?