Anxiety disorders: New developments in old age

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-304

  Lenze, Eric J ^a   Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS;

EID: 79953742945     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820db34f     Document Type: Editorial

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