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https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2019.283

Anxiety Disorders in Elderly

Alma Mihaljević-Peleš ; Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet, Klinika za psihijatriju i psihološku medicinu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marina Šagud ; Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet, Klinika za psihijatriju i psihološku medicinu, Zagreb, Hrvatska


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Sažetak

The proportion of older people is continuously increasing in the total population. A higher proportion of the elderly contribute to the change in morbidity characteristics of this period of life. Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms accompanying the elderly and is a consequence of diminished physical and cognitive abilities. Subsyndromal anxiety is more common among the elderly than depression and cognitive impairment. In the elderly, therefore, there exists a “concern” that results from impaired abilities and should not always be diagnosed as a disorder. True anxiety and/or anxiety disorder significantly impairs a person’s functionality and requires treatment. Anxiety and anxiety disorders, as expected, have some special characteristics that we will not find in the adult psychiatric population. Accordingly, it is necessary to recognize these particular characteristics of anxiety in the elderly in order for them to be diagnosed with more attention and to ensure timely treatment. The procedure and treatment of geriatric anxiety also has its own special characteristics and rules. It is a general recommendation that the use of psychopharmacological agents in the elderly is not lifelong. Tapering from medication should last for several months in order to avoid the relapse of anxiety symptoms.

Ključne riječi

Anxiety Disorders; Diagnostics; Treatment; Older People

Hrčak ID:

232310

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/232310

Datum izdavanja:

12.11.2019.

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