International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(5), May 1996, pp.405-410.
Publisher:
Wiley
Epidemiological studies of elderly populations have been, in general, more concerned with depression and dementia than with anxiety disorders. This article discusses the results of a study of 5 nursing homes in Sydney, Australia, to examine depression and anxiety amongst residents. Residents were interviewed using the Mini-Mental-State-Examination (MMSE), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and an anxiety questionnaire by Lindesay et al. Results confirmed that anxiety symptoms are common among nursing home residents and that there is a strong association between anxiety and depression.
Epidemiological studies of elderly populations have been, in general, more concerned with depression and dementia than with anxiety disorders. This article discusses the results of a study of 5 nursing homes in Sydney, Australia, to examine depression and anxiety amongst residents. Residents were interviewed using the Mini-Mental-State-Examination (MMSE), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and an anxiety questionnaire by Lindesay et al. Results confirmed that anxiety symptoms are common among nursing home residents and that there is a strong association between anxiety and depression.
Provides practical advice on psychological and emotional states of anxiety, phobia and panic attack. Covers: different types of anxiety disorders; causes and symptoms; practical ways to help keep anxiety under control; and what help is available and where to find it.
Provides practical advice on psychological and emotional states of anxiety, phobia and panic attack. Covers: different types of anxiety disorders; causes and symptoms; practical ways to help keep anxiety under control; and what help is available and where to find it.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(11), November 1996, pp.987-990.
Publisher:
Wiley
One hundred and fifty-eight consecutive patients attending a university memory clinic were assessed using variety of standardized instruments. Dementia was diagnosed according to DSM-III-R criteria. One hundred and nine patients had DSM-II-R dementia. None of the cognitive or demographic variables were significantly associated with the presence of anxiety symptoms. Three main categories of anxiety symptoms were evident - anxiety related to depression, anxiety related to psychosis and anxiety to interpersonal situations.
One hundred and fifty-eight consecutive patients attending a university memory clinic were assessed using variety of standardized instruments. Dementia was diagnosed according to DSM-III-R criteria. One hundred and nine patients had DSM-II-R dementia. None of the cognitive or demographic variables were significantly associated with the presence of anxiety symptoms. Three main categories of anxiety symptoms were evident - anxiety related to depression, anxiety related to psychosis and anxiety to interpersonal situations.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, older people, assessment, anxiety, dementia, demographics, diagnosis;
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(4), April 1996, pp.377-382.
Publisher:
Wiley
Looks at why little has been written about older Caribbean people in the UK who experience depression and anxiety and identifies what needs to be done to provide them with appropriate services.
Looks at why little has been written about older Caribbean people in the UK who experience depression and anxiety and identifies what needs to be done to provide them with appropriate services.
Subject terms:
older people, social care provision, unmet need, African Caribbean people, anxiety, black and minority ethnic people, depression;
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(1), January 1996, pp.65-70.
Publisher:
Wiley
This community study of the anxiety disorders in people aged 65 and over found a relatively high prevalence of anxiety disorders with phobic disorders being the most prevalent subclassification. While generalised anxiety was usually seen with other psychiatric syndromes, phobic disorder was usually observed in the absence of either depression or anxiety. The results suggest that while generalized anxiety should be placed below depression in a diagnostic hierarchy, phobic disorder does not fit with this diagnostic model.
This community study of the anxiety disorders in people aged 65 and over found a relatively high prevalence of anxiety disorders with phobic disorders being the most prevalent subclassification. While generalised anxiety was usually seen with other psychiatric syndromes, phobic disorder was usually observed in the absence of either depression or anxiety. The results suggest that while generalized anxiety should be placed below depression in a diagnostic hierarchy, phobic disorder does not fit with this diagnostic model.
Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(4), October 1996, pp.215-228.
Publisher:
Munksgaard/ Blackwell
... of four and four female youth trainees of ten, who state that their mental well-being improved when they got into a youth training programme after earlier having been unemployed. The results also show that young people with poor finances on the whole have more mental troubles and anxiety about the future than young people with good finances have. The article discusses possible explanations
Accounts for a study among unemployed people under 25 years of age and youth trainees in central Sweden. The results show an explicit relationship between unemployment and mental ill health in young people. One unemployed man of four and every second unemployed woman feels that the mental well-being grew worse when they became unemployed. The opposite is experienced by one male youth trainee of four and four female youth trainees of ten, who state that their mental well-being improved when they got into a youth training programme after earlier having been unemployed. The results also show that young people with poor finances on the whole have more mental troubles and anxiety about the future than young people with good finances have. The article discusses possible explanations for the patterns with respect to gender and private financial situations that appear in the results.
Complementary therapies can be used not only to alleviate physical problems but to reduce barriers to communication and improve mental well-being. This article looks at the therapies available which can help symptoms such as anxiety, agitation, loss of self-confidence and withdrawal from contact.
Complementary therapies can be used not only to alleviate physical problems but to reduce barriers to communication and improve mental well-being. This article looks at the therapies available which can help symptoms such as anxiety, agitation, loss of self-confidence and withdrawal from contact.
Subject terms:
medical treatment, mental health problems, treatment, therapy and treatment, anxiety, communication disorders, complementary therapies, depression;
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(2), February 1996, pp.119-129.
Publisher:
Wiley
Examines psychiatric morbidity, using the General Health Questionnaire, which detects mainly anxiety and depression. The results of the follow-up data show that the most significant predictor of changes in psychiatric morbidity at follow-up was baseline psychiatric status, followed by health status. The strength of the study is its longitudinal design and verification of the results in three
Examines psychiatric morbidity, using the General Health Questionnaire, which detects mainly anxiety and depression. The results of the follow-up data show that the most significant predictor of changes in psychiatric morbidity at follow-up was baseline psychiatric status, followed by health status. The strength of the study is its longitudinal design and verification of the results in three samples of elderly people, including one very elderly group. The lack of consistent associations with recovery from psychiatric morbidity (eg depression) in the literature enhances the importance of studies which aim to identify factors associated with different outcomes.
Subject terms:
older people, outcomes, physical disabilities, quality of life, social networks, ageing, anxiety, depression, gender, health;
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 5(3), 1996, pp.57-75.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
... more emotion-focused coping. In general, females reported significantly greater trauma-related distress than males, including higher levels of anxiety, depression, and post-trauma symptoms.
Investigates the effects of childhood sexual abuse for male and female survivors, characteristics of the abuse experience, current coping strategies, and current psychological adjustment. Male and female adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, recruited from both local and national support groups, in the USA completed a background questionnaire, dispositional coping inventories measuring current and retrospective abuse-specific coping styles, and measures of current psychological adjustment. In response to sexual abuse experienced during childhood, avoidance coping emerged as the most frequently used strategy by both sexes. Although there were no gender differences in current use of problem-focused and avoidance strategies, males related more use of acceptance whereas females utilized more emotion-focused coping. In general, females reported significantly greater trauma-related distress than males, including higher levels of anxiety, depression, and post-trauma symptoms.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(10), October 1996, pp.863-869.
Publisher:
Wiley
The clinical characteristics and the level of service use were studied in a cohort of patients referred for the investigation of presenile dementia, having had the onset of symptoms before the age of 65. The most common diagnoses given were Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and depressive pseudodementia. The level of psychiatric morbidity was high, depression insomnia, anxiety and aggression
The clinical characteristics and the level of service use were studied in a cohort of patients referred for the investigation of presenile dementia, having had the onset of symptoms before the age of 65. The most common diagnoses given were Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and depressive pseudodementia. The level of psychiatric morbidity was high, depression insomnia, anxiety and aggression being the most common symptoms. As regards rate of service use, 22% of the Liverpool patients were in residential care after 1 year of follow-up, in contrast to 8% initially. The authors conclude that there is a need for specialised multidisciplinary services for this group of patients, both diagnostic and supportive.
Subject terms:
hospitals, mental health problems, mental health services, older people, patients, social care provision, aggression, assessment, anxiety, dementia, young onset dementia;