Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of the seven-item Generalized
Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) and its two core items (GAD-2) for detecting GAD in elderly …

This systematic review and meta-analysis compared prevalence rates for subthreshold
anxiety and anxiety disorders in adults aged 55+ and examined if these rates were …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of
prospective cohort studies that examined the relationship between anxiety disorders, or …

Background There is limited knowledge on the prevalence of disease in total populations.
Such studies have historically been difficult to conduct but the development of health data …

Aims. To describe the occurrence of psychiatric diagnoses in a specialist care setting in
older people with intellectual disability (ID) in relation to those found in the same age group …

Objectives The prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is supposed to decrease
with age. Reasons suggested include that emotional control increases and that anxiety and …

Objectives To examine alcohol consumption among older primary care patients with
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); its relationship to demographic variables, insomnia …

Objectives To examine the prevalence of social anxiety disorders (SAD) with (DSM-IV) and
without (DSM-5) the person's own assessment that the fear was unreasonable, in a …

Background Little is known about the long‐term course of specific phobia (SP) in the general
population. We examined the prevalence and course of SP and subthreshold fears in an …

Relatively little research attention has been paid to sex issues in late life suicidal behaviour.
The aim was to compare clinical characteristics of women and men aged 70+ who were …