Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

MA Katzman, P Bleau, P Blier, P Chokka, K Kjernisted… - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Background Anxiety and related disorders are among the most common mental disorders,
with lifetime prevalence reportedly as high as 31%. Unfortunately, anxiety disorders are …

The prevalence of mental disorders in older people in Western countries–a meta-analysis

J Volkert, H Schulz, M Härter, O Wlodarczyk… - Ageing research …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a meta-analysis assessing the prevalence of mental disorders in
older people in Europe and North America. METHOD: Studies that reported prevalence …

Assessment of anxiety in older adults: a review of self-report measures

M Balsamo, F Cataldi, L Carlucci… - Clinical interventions in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
With increasing numbers of older adults in the general population, anxiety will become a
widespread problem in late life and one of the major causes of health care access …

Anxiety disorders in old age: psychiatric comorbidities, quality of life, and prevalence according to age, gender, and country

A Canuto, K Weber, M Baertschi, S Andreas… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Previous estimates of the prevalence of anxiety disorders in late life vary greatly
due to the lack of reliable diagnostic tools. This MentDis_ICF65+ study assessed 12-month …

The impact of early life stress on anxiety symptoms in late adulthood

A Lähdepuro, K Savolainen, M Lahti-Pulkkinen… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Early life stress (ELS) may increase the risk of anxiety throughout the life course. Whether
this effect extends to late adulthood is poorly known. In our study comprising 1872 …

The psychology of the internet fraud victimization of older adults: A systematic review

Y Shang, Z Wu, X Du, Y Jiang, B Ma, M Chi - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Criminals targeting and exploiting older adults in online environments are of great concern.
This study systematically retrieved and analyzed articles on the psychological characteristics …

Analyzing the link between anxiety and eating behavior as a potential pathway to eating-related health outcomes

FS Hussenoeder, I Conrad, C Engel, S Zachariae… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Anxiety is a widespread phenomenon that affects various behaviors. We want to analyze in
how far anxiety is connected to eating behaviors since this is one potential pathway to …

Screening instruments for a population of older adults: The 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale …

HM Vasiliadis, V Chudzinski, S Gontijo-Guerra… - Psychiatry …, 2015 - Elsevier
Screening tools that appropriately detect older adults׳ mental disorders are of great public
health importance. The present study aimed to establish cutoff scores for the 10-item Kessler …

Exercise interventions to reduce anxiety in mid-life and late-life anxiety disorders and subthreshold anxiety disorder: a systematic review

TWH Chong, S Kootar, H Wilding… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and cause significant distress, disability,
and cost. Medication adverse effects and interactions increase in mid-life and late-life …

Anxiety, depression, and 1‐year incident cognitive impairment in community‐dwelling older adults

O Potvin, H Forget, S Grenier… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To examine in men and women the independent associations between
anxiety and depression and 1‐year incident cognitive impairment and to examine the …