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- 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 6 - Clinical Assessment of Late-Life Anxiety
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
The assessment of older adult anxiety requires the mindset and skills of a detective, ideally those of Sherlock Holmes. In The Sign of Four (Doyle, 1890), Holmes offered the following quip regarding the investigation of a crime that is of considerable value for the clinician in the assessment process: “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” (p. 111). As with the investigation of crimes, much of the assessment of older adult anxiety involves first accounting for, and oftentimes ruling out, multiple factors that can contribute to anxiety symptoms. In our chapter, we explore the complexities of assessing older adult anxiety symptoms and disorders. We begin with a discussion of age-related diagnostic issues and differences in symptom experience and presentation that contribute to diagnostic complexity.
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- Anxiety in Older PeopleClinical and Research Perspectives, pp. 79 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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