Inhibitory control and symptom severity in late life generalized anxiety disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2628-2639

  Price, Rebecca B ^a   Mohlman, Jan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety and aging; Executive functioning; Generalized anxiety disorder; Inhibitory control; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PHOBIA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 34848830418     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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