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- Title
HOW COMMON ARE THE ANXIETY DISORDERS IN OLD AGE?
- Authors
Manela, M.; Katona, C.; Livingston, G.
- Abstract
This community study of the anxiety disorders in people aged 65 and over finds a relatively high prevalence of anxiety disorders (15%), with phobic disorders being the most prevalent subclassification (12%). While generalized anxiety was usually seen with other psychiatric syndromes, phobic disorder was usually observed in the absence of either depression or anxiety. These results suggest that while generalized anxiety should be placed below depression in a diagnostic hierarchy, phobic disorder does not fit with this diagnostic model.
- Subjects
ANXIETY in old age; PHOBIAS; GERIATRIC psychology; MENTAL health of older people; NEUROSES in old age; GERIATRIC psychiatry
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1996, Vol 11, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199601)11:1<65::AID-GPS296>3.0.CO;2-M