Evidence-based treatment of geriatric anxiety disorders

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 871-896

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a   Lenze, Eric J ^b   Stanley, Melinda A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MEPROBAMATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXAZEPAM; SERTRALINE; VALERIAN; VENLAFAXINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 28544450717     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2005.09.006     Document Type: Review

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