Prevalence of anxiety disorders among elderly people

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1026-1033

  Kirmizioglu, Yalçin ^a   Doǧan, Orhan ^a   Kuǧu, Nesim ^a   Akyüz, Gamze ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Elderly; Prevalence; SCID I

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 68949200916     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2215     Document Type: Article

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