Executive function and other cognitive deficits are distal risk factors of generalized anxiety disorder 9 years later

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2045-2053

  Zainal, Nur Hani ^a   Newman, Michelle G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

executive function; generalized anxiety disorder; inhibitory control; risk factors; set shifting; updating.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THINKING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINKING;

EID: 85051129591     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291717003579     Document Type: Article

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