Anxiety disorders in older adults: a comprehensive review†
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...Older patients with anxiety and related disorders report higher rates of diabetes, gastrointestinal conditions, and dementia [1325,1327,1328]....
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...may have difficulty remembering symptoms [1327,1335]....
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...Approximately 80% of adults ≥65 years of age have at least one chronic medical condition, and this may be even higher among those with anxiety disorders [1327]....
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...Older patients with anxiety often present differently than younger patients [1327,1334]....
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...Many elderly patients are troubled by anxiety symptoms, but anxiety disorders in those over 65 years may be less common than in younger age groups [IV] (Wolitzky-Taylor et al., 2010)....
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...Indeed, the NCS-R used projected lifetime risk analyses to determine that fewer than 1% of individuals will develop an anxiety disorder after the age of 65.([7]) Specifically, fewer than 1% of individuals will develop: (a) PD after age 62; (b) SP after age 64; (c) SOP after age 52; (d) GAD after age 74; (e) PTSD after age 71; and (f) OCD after age 54....
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...6%,([7]) indicating that GAD may be chronic and stable over time....
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...8% for all adults over the age of 18.([7]) Similarly, data from a large Australian nationally representative sample were used to compare the prevalence of PTSD across age groups for those who reported experiencing a traumatic event....
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...2% in 18–29 year olds.([7]) These findings suggest that, overall, anxiety disorders are more prevalent among younger adults than older adults....
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...The onset of PTSD in late life is somewhat higher than the average across anxiety disorders, with 5% developing a new case after the age of 61 and 10% after the age of 53.([7]) Given the linkage of the diagnosis of PTSD with the occurrence of traumatic events, it is not surprising that age of onset may be more variable across the lifespan than is the case for other anxiety 195 Review: Anxiety in Older Adults...
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...It is generally agreed that the majority of anxiety disorders develop sometime between childhood and young adulthood.([20,21]) Indeed, the NCS-R used projected lifetime risk analyses to determine that fewer than 1% of individuals will develop an anxiety disorder after the age of 65....
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