Improving recognition of late life anxiety disorders in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: Observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the Lifespan Disorders Work Group

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 549-556

  Mohlman, Jan ^a   Bryant, Christina ^b   Lenze, Eric J ^c   Stanley, Melinda A ^d,e   Gum, Amber ^f   Flint, Alastair ^g   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^h   Wetherell, Julie Loebach ⁱ   Thorp, Steven R ⁱ   Craske, Michelle G ^j  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

aging; anxiety; DSM V; geriatric mental health; later life; older adult

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POLYPHARMACY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH ULCER; TACHYCARDIA;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859885053     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2752     Document Type: Review

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