The relationship between anxiety disorders and age

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-99

  Krasucki, Christopher ^a   Howard, Robert ^a   Mann, Anthony ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anxiety; Dementia; Generalized anxiety disorder; Incidence; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Panic disorder; Phobic disorder; Prevalence; Psychomotor agitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSESSION; PANIC; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031933965     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199802)13:2<79::AID-GPS739>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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