Effective use of anxiolytics in older adults

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-65

  Burke, W J ^a   Folks, D G ^a   McNeilly, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; HALAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; PRAZEPAM; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; QUAZEPAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRIAZOLAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; OBSESSION; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

EID: 0031887391     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30130-7     Document Type: Review

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