Screening for generalized anxiety disorder in geriatric primary care patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-123

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a,b,d   Birchler, Georgia D ^a   Ramsdell, Joe ^a   Unützer, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety; Primary health care; Psychotherapy; Recruitment; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847183478     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1701     Document Type: Article

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