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- 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 11 - Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
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
Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for late-life anxiety are promising. However, over half of older adults with anxiety do not seek treatment (Byers et al., 2012), and age differences in treatment response suggest that older adults with anxiety may not benefit from evidence-based treatments as much as their younger counterparts (Wetherell et al., 2013b). More work is needed to improve access and outcomes for this underserved population. This chapter provides an overview of available late-life anxiety psychosocial treatments with attention to both traditional efficacy trials and the development and testing of new models of care designed to improve reach, access, and outcomes.
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- Anxiety in Older PeopleClinical and Research Perspectives, pp. 173 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021