Anxiety disorders in old age

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 462-467

  Blay, Sergio L ^a   Marinho, Valeska ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elderly; Generalized anxiety disorder; Panic disorder; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ESCITALOPRAM; HYDROCORTISONE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EFFECT SIZE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84867334458     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283578cdd     Document Type: Review

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