Panic assaults could be extraordinarily disagreeable and might trigger intense worry. In the event you expertise these assaults commonly, professionals name it panic dysfunction.
A technique to deal with the dysfunction was developed a while in the past in Bergen. It runs over 4 days and is known as the Bergen 4-Day Remedy (B4DT) .
Earlier analysis has confirmed that this remedy is an effective technique to shortly assist sufferers with panic dysfunction. One week after remedy, nearly 90 per cent of sufferers expertise a transparent enchancment.
However what concerning the long-term impact? New analysis has excellent news to report.
Wonderful outcomes
It seems that the advance not solely persists, nevertheless it really will get stronger over time for a lot of.”
Kristen Hagen, psychologist and affiliate professor at NTNU
Hagen is the mission supervisor and senior writer of two research just lately printed in BMC Psychiatry.
“With long-term follow-up, sufferers report that they really feel even higher – than instantly after remedy and on the follow-up three months after,” says Hagen.
“The truth that sufferers get even higher over time is just outstanding,” he says.
The research additionally present that the remedy not solely reduces panic dysfunction signs, but additionally signs of basic nervousness and melancholy.
Hagen says that regardless of the great outcomes of the research, they should be confirmed with a bigger variety of sufferers.
How the remedy works
As a substitute of dragging the remedy over many weeks, the B4DT technique is carried out intensively over 4 days in the identical week.
Three to 6 sufferers meet in teams with a corresponding variety of therapists.
The sufferers obtain tailor-made remedy the place they apply searching for out signs, conditions and conditions that may set off nervousness. The affected person has usually averted these conditions for a very long time.
On this remedy, sufferers face the tough in a special and extra applicable means. This offers sufferers perception into the very fact that it’s the panic dysfunction and never actual causes which have made them worry conditions.
Virtually 9 out of 10 sufferers report nice enchancment with this technique. They’ve minimal signs and performance comparatively properly in on a regular basis life afterwards.
The tactic was developed to deal with obsessive-compulsive dysfunction, however has been tailored to deal with different psychological problems resembling panic dysfunction.
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Journal reference:
Eide, T. O., et al. (2025). The bergen 4-day remedy for panic dysfunction: a longer-term follow-up. BMC Psychiatry. doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06527-7.
