Impact of Alexithymia on Treatment Outcome: A Naturalistic Study of Short-Term Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy for Panic Disorder

Abstract

These findings are encouraging for cognitive-behavioral therapists working with patients with alexithymia who suffer from panic disorder: CBGT outcome does not appear to be negatively affected by alexithymia, and some alexithymic characteristics may even be reduced following CBGT. Assessing alexithymia at treatment onset may be useful for individually tailoring therapeutic interventions.