Psychological interventions for late-life anxiety: A review and early lessons from the CALM study

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 72-82

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a,b   Sorrell, John T ^a   Thorp, Steven R ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety disorders; Primary health care; Psychotherapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PANIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444419077     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705276058     Document Type: Review

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