Differences in affective temperaments in anxiety disorders: comparison of panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder/Anksiyete bozukluklarinda afektif mizac farkliliklari; panik bozuklugu ve obsesif kompulsif bozuklukta karsilastirilmasi

Introduction: In this study, probable differences in affective temperament among anxiety disorders were investigated via a comparison of panic disorder (PD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Method: 44 patients with OCD and 42 patients with PD, who were admitted to Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery outpatient clinics with complaints of OCD and PD and were diagnosed according to DSM IV criteria, were consecutively included in the study after informed consent was taken. A sociodemographic form, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID I), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Beck Anxiety Inventory, Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, YaleBrown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and the temperament evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) were given to the patients. PD and OCD patients were compared in terms of affective temperament characteristics. Results: Mean age, educational status and gender distribution of OCD and PD patients were similar (p > 0.05). Dominant depressive temperament was more prominent in OCD group than in PD group (p = 0.021). Hyperthymic temperament scores were higher in PD group than in OCD group (p = 0.002). Dominant hyperthymic temperament was not encountered in either group. Conclusion: Dominant depressive temperament was more prominent in OCD group whereas hyperthymic temperament scores were higher in PD group. These findings should be evaluated in studies with larger sample sizes. (Archives of Neuropsychiatry 2013; 50:337-343) Key words: Panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, temperament Conflict of interest: The authors reported no conflict of interest related to this article. Giris: Bu calismada panik bozuklugu (PB) ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluk (OKB) karsilastirilmasi uzerinden anksiyete bozukluklari arasinda olasi afektif mizac farkliliklari arastirilmistir. Yontem: Mayis--Aralik 2006 tarihleri arasinda Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Ruh Sagligi ve Sinir Hastaliklari Egitim Arastirma Hastanesi ayaktan tedavi unitesinde 44 OKB ve 42 PB hastasi ardisik olarak calismaya alindi. Hastalara sosyodemografik form, DSM-IV tani olcutlerine gore Yapilandirilmis Klinik Gorusme (SCID I), Hamilton Depresyon Olcegi (HAM-D), Beck Anksiyete Olcegi, Panik Agorafobi Olcegi, Yale Brown OKB Olcegi (Y-BOCS), TEMPS-A mizac degerlendirme olcegi uygulandi. PB ve OKB hastalari afektif mizac ozellikl