Sooner or later: Age at onset of generalized anxiety disorder in older adults

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Gonçalves, Daniela C ^a   Byrne, Gerard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

age at onset; aged; comorbidity; dysthymic disorder; generalized anxiety disorder; recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856734051     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20881     Document Type: Article

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