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Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the Elderly

Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2001
Anxiety disorders, especially GAD, are among the most prevalent psychiatric illnesses in the elderly. Unfortunately, research relative to late-onset anxiety syndromes and longitudinal studies of early-onset anxiety syndromes are sparse. Nonetheless, clinicians can properly assess and treat older adults with anxiety disorders and improve their quality ...
F, Dada, S, Sethi, G T, Grossberg
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Women

Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2001
Women have a higher prevalence of GAD than do men. This ratio holds true in most clinical and general-population samples. Some variations exist, with evidence to suggest the strong impact of environment and life events. Women are sensitive to lifetime adversity and exacerbation of symptoms in conjunction with their menstrual cycle.
H B, Howell, O, Brawman-Mintzer, J, Monnier, K A, Yonkers   +3 more
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Relative effects of cognitive and behavioral therapies on generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and panic disorder: A meta-analysis [PDF]

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2016
Although cognitive and behavioral therapies are effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, it is not clear what the relative effects of these treatments are. We conducted a meta-analysis of trials comparing cognitive and behavioral therapies with
Pim Cuijpers, Claudio Gentili, Rosa M Banos   +2 more
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Azapirones for generalized anxiety disorder

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
Azapirones are a group of drugs that work at the 5-HT1A receptor and are used to treat patients suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). However, several studies have shown conflicting results. Whether azapirones are useful as first line treatment in general anxiety disorders still needs to be answered.To assess the efficacy and the ...
C A, Chessick, M H, Allen, Me, Thase, A B C, Batista Miralha da Cunha, F F K, Kapczinski, M S M L, de Lima, J J S S, dos Santos Souza   +6 more
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The Epidemiology of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2001
The literature reviewed here is consistent in showing that GAD is a common mental disorder that typically has an early age of onset, a chronic course, and a high degree of comorbidity with other anxiety and mood disorders. Comorbid GAD is often temporally primary, especially in relation to mood disorders, and is associated with an increased risk for ...
Kessler, R., Keller, M., Wittchen, H.
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Pharmacotherapy of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

2013
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is chiefly characterized by a cognitive focus on threats and risks towards the individual and/or the immediate family. It is accompanied by a sense of tension, worry, muscle pain, disturbed sleep and irritability. The condition impairs work capacity, relations, and leisure activities, and aggravates concurrent somatic
Christer, Allgulander, David S, Baldwin
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Treatments for generalized anxiety disorder

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2004
Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by excessive chronic anxiety in association with many somatic symptoms. The disorder has pervasive effects on quality of life, including work, social and educational aspects and requires long-term therapy.
Lukasz, Struzik, Monica, Vermani, Aimee, Coonerty-Femiano, Martin A, Katzman   +3 more
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PET in generalized anxiety disorder

Biological Psychiatry, 1991
Positron emission tomography (PET) measurements of cerebral glucose use were made in 18 patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) during a passive viewing task off medication, and an active vigilance viewing task before and after medication or placebo treatment. In the passive viewing task, patients with GAD were compared with 15 normal controls.
J C, Wu, M S, Buchsbaum, T G, Hershey, E, Hazlett, N, Sicotte, J C, Johnson   +5 more
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Generalised anxiety disorder

Evidence Based Mental Health, 2004
The EBMH Notebook summarises key messages about generalised anxiety disorder, sourced from: Clin Evid Concise2004 (in press); www.clinicalevidence.com. For this review, Clinical Evidence Concise searched and appraised material published until June 2003. Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is defined as excessive worry and tension about every day events
Christopher K, Gale, Mark, Oakley-Browne
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the Classroom

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2012
Interventions for students with generalized anxiety disorder require attention to contextual factors both within and outside the classroom. They often are based on the principles of increasing environmental predictability and increasing the student’s sense of self-efficacy.
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