Anxiety disorders in the elderly: Outdated beliefs and a research agenda

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-402

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a   Maser, Jack D ^a   Van Balkom, Anton ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 20144377827     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00545.x     Document Type: Editorial

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