Late-life anxiety disorders: A review

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-273

  Schuurmans, Josien ^a   Van Balkom, Anton ^b  

^a GGZinGeest ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Late life; Older adults; Review

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGEISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80051669396     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0204-4     Document Type: Review

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