Changes in neuropsychological functioning following treatment for late-life generalised anxiety disorder.

Abstract

Generalised anxiety disorder in older adults is associated with neuropsychological impairments, which are associated with functional impairment.

Those with GAD who either have a low cognitive performance or report clinical improvement in anxiety post-treatment, show improvement in multiple cognitive domains.

These findings underscore the importance of treatments that aid cognition as well as anxiety symptoms.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Aged
• Anxiety Disorders
• Attention
• Citalopram
• Cognition Disorders
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Mental Processes
• Middle Aged
• Neuropsychological Tests
• Placebos
• Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
• Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
• Treatment Outcome

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Authors

• Meryl A Butters
• Rishi K Bhalla
• Carmen Andreescu
• Julie Loebach Wetherell
• Rose Mantella
• Amy E Begley
• Eric J Lenze

Publication date

2011-09-01

Journal

Journal topics

• Psychiatry

Language

Eng.

Copyright

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. buttersma [at] upmc.edu

Release reference

Br J Psychiatry. 2011 Sep;199(3):211-8

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