Anxiety and disturbed behavior in the elderly.
The struggle between the elderly patient and his social environment leads to a loss of self-esteem accompanied by fear and anger. These feelings, together with a rational and irrational search for aid, produce a symptom complex which is a depressive or anxiety syndrome. The physician must reinforce and hasten natural recovery processes. Drug therapy may pave the way. Phenothiazines should be avoided. Among the benzodiazepines, shorter-acting agents are preferable.
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000188:drug therapy; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001007:Anxiety; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001519:Behavior; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010640:Phenothiazines; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D010640:Phenothiazines; D001569:Benzodiazepines