The outcome of anxiety disorders in older people at 6-year follow-up: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 420-428

  Schuurmans, Josien ^a,e   Comijs, H C ^b   Beekman, A T F ^a   De Beurs, E ^c   Deeg, D J H ^a   Emmelkamp, P M G ^d   Van Dyck, R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Foundation for Mental Health Care Buitenamstel   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety disorders; Epidemiology; Follow up studies

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144378599     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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