Book contents
- Anxiety in Older People
- Anxiety in Older People
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Overview
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors
- Chapter 3 Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults
- Chapter 4 Subthreshold Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 5 Cross-cultural Issues in Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 6 Clinical Assessment of Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 7 Late-Life Anxiety and Comorbid Depression
- Chapter 8 Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning
- Chapter 9 Anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease
- Chapter 10 Anxiety in Older Adults across Care Settings
- Chapter 11 Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 12 Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 13 Animal Models in Anxiety Research
- Chapter 14 Late-Life Anxiety
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - Animal Models in Anxiety Research
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- Anxiety in Older People
- Anxiety in Older People
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Overview
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors
- Chapter 3 Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults
- Chapter 4 Subthreshold Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 5 Cross-cultural Issues in Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 6 Clinical Assessment of Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 7 Late-Life Anxiety and Comorbid Depression
- Chapter 8 Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning
- Chapter 9 Anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease
- Chapter 10 Anxiety in Older Adults across Care Settings
- Chapter 11 Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 12 Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 13 Animal Models in Anxiety Research
- Chapter 14 Late-Life Anxiety
- Index
- References
Summary
Fear and anxious apprehension are highly evolutionarily conserved responses triggered by a real or perceived imminent threat. These are adaptive responses, classically described as fight or flight responses, which comprise emotional, autonomic, and motor arousal. They are rapidly initiated and diminish as the danger abates. Anxiety states display physiological features that are similar to those evoked by fear, but as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association, these behavioural disturbances persist beyond the appropriate period. Anxiety disorders are prevalent in all societies, and in 2014 they were the sixth leading cause of disability worldwide in terms of years lived with disability.
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- Anxiety in Older PeopleClinical and Research Perspectives, pp. 205 - 225Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021