Phenelzine in phobic anxiety: a controlled trial
- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 3 (1), 120-124
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700046419
Abstract
SynopsisA double-blind trial of phenelzine versus placebo in psychiatric outpatients with long-standing phobic anxiety is described. Forty patients with agoraphobia or social phobias entered the trial and 32 of these completed treatment with either phenelzine or placebo (with appropriate dietary restrictions) in flexible dosage for two months. Fourteen pairs of patients were prospectively matched, and analysis of the score differences between these pairs showed a significant improvement for patients on phenelzine compared with placebo on overall assessment (PKeywords
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