Book contents
- Anxiety in Older People
- Anxiety in Older People
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Overview
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors
- Chapter 3 Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults
- Chapter 4 Subthreshold Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 5 Cross-cultural Issues in Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 6 Clinical Assessment of Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 7 Late-Life Anxiety and Comorbid Depression
- Chapter 8 Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning
- Chapter 9 Anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease
- Chapter 10 Anxiety in Older Adults across Care Settings
- Chapter 11 Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 12 Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 13 Animal Models in Anxiety Research
- Chapter 14 Late-Life Anxiety
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Late-Life Anxiety and Comorbid Depression
The Role of Attentional Bias
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- Anxiety in Older People
- Anxiety in Older People
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Overview
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors
- Chapter 3 Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults
- Chapter 4 Subthreshold Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 5 Cross-cultural Issues in Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 6 Clinical Assessment of Late-Life Anxiety
- Chapter 7 Late-Life Anxiety and Comorbid Depression
- Chapter 8 Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning
- Chapter 9 Anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease
- Chapter 10 Anxiety in Older Adults across Care Settings
- Chapter 11 Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 12 Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life
- Chapter 13 Animal Models in Anxiety Research
- Chapter 14 Late-Life Anxiety
- Index
- References
Summary
Attention bias is a core feature of cognitive models of anxiety and depression (Mathews & MacLeod, 2005), yet relatively little research has been devoted to this construct in older adults. In younger adults, it is well established that anxiety and depression are associated with attentional biases to negative information (Bar-Haim et al., 2007; Peckham et al., 2010). Furthermore, empirical evidence in younger adults suggests a causal role of cognitive bias in the development of emotional disorders (Mathews & MacLeod, 2005), and support for attention bias modification (ABM) as a treatment for anxiety is growing (Kuckertz & Amir, 2015).
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- Anxiety in Older PeopleClinical and Research Perspectives, pp. 97 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021