Management of specific anxiety disorders in the elderly.
Advanced age is not, per se, an indication for a different treatment approach, although certain modifications in the treatment plan are required. Recognition and management of anxiety disorders in the elderly must be prompt to interrupt the vicious cycle of anxiety-depression, physical illness, and other stresses.
D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D010200:Panic; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012931:Social Environment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs