Executive skills in older adults with GAD: Relations with clinical variables and CBT outcome

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Mohlman, Jan ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; CBT; Executive skills; GAD; Generalized anxiety disorder; Late life anxiety; Older adults; Predictors of outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873268538     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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