Generalized anxiety disorder severity scale validation in older adults

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 813-818

  Andreescu, Carmen ^a   Belnap, Bea Herbeck ^a   Rollman, Bruce L ^a   Houck, Patricia ^a   Ciliberti, Caroline ^a   Mazumdar, Sati ^a,b   Shear, M Katherine ^c   Lenze, Eric J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Generalized anxiety disorder; Severity scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849160179     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31817c6aab     Document Type: Article

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