Lack of interventions for anxiety in older people

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-9

  Oude Voshaar, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PANIC; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84879670221     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.127639     Document Type: Review

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