Treatment considerations for anxiety in the elderly.

摘要: Anxiety is common in the elderly and can present as a primary anxiety disorder or symptom of another disorder. Generalized disorder, particular, syndrome late life. symptoms are also features late-life depression dementia. Treatment persons has typically involved use benzodiazepines, which often effective but problematic because they associated with increased risk cognitive impairment, falls, fractures. Based on their safety efficacy, antidepressants, particularly serotonergic medications, considered first-line treatment for most disorders well major depressive Psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, may be these well; research underway to adapt this therapy needs persons. dementia poorly understood respond atypical antipsychotics, mood stabilizers. Overall, not caught up literature and, part, recommendations must extrapolated from studies young adults.