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Anxiety disorders in older people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2012

James Lindesay ,
Robert Stewart  and
Jatinder Bisla
James Lindesay*
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, UK
Robert Stewart
Affiliation:
King's College London (Institute of Psychiatry), London, UK
Jatinder Bisla
Affiliation:
King's College London (Institute of Psychiatry), London, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Professor James Lindesay, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW. Email: jebl1@le.ac.uk
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Summary

This article reviews the research into anxiety disorders in adults aged 65 years and older that has been published over the past ten years. The topics covered include: the construct of anxiety and its disorders in this age group; epidemiology, including prevalence, incidence, course, outlook, and risk factors; assessment scales; co-morbidity and differential diagnosis (depression, dementia, physical illness); and management, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological. There has been a significant improvement in our understanding of these disorders in older adults over this period, but evidence to support their treatment and prevention is still quite sparse.

Keywords

anxietygeneralized anxiety disorderphobic disorderpanic disorderepidemiologytreatmentagedelderly
Type
Neuropsychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 204 - 217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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