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W M Patterson

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Treatment of panic attacks with alprazolam and propranolol.

The authors describe the successful treatment of 16 patients with panic attacks. The combination of alprazolam and propranolol permitted doses of each drug considerably below those normally required to treat panic. This clinical observation suggests a possible synergistic effect with this combination.

Adult

The hard way out.

Much recent discussion and publicity has been directed towards the problem of international self-poisoning as a cry for help, or as a manipulative procedure where patients have ensured that the suicide attempt is discovered in time for counter measures. I describe the successful and carefully planned suicide of a 72-year-old patient with a particular attitude to euthanasia and with no evidence of a depressive illness.

Attitude