articleArchives of General PsychiatryMay 1, 2010GREEN OA

High Occurrence of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among Older Adults

University of California, San Francisco · Cornell University

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Abstract

Objective

To determine nationally representative estimates of 12-month prevalence rates of mood, anxiety, and comorbid mood-anxiety disorders across young-old, mid-old, old-old, and oldest-old community-dwelling adults.

Design

The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) is a population-based probability sample of 9282 participants 18 years and older, conducted between February 2001 and April 2003. The NCS-R survey used the fully structured World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.

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Authors

5

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Anxiety
  • Agoraphobia
  • Generalized anxiety disorder
  • Panic disorder
  • Mood
  • Anxiety disorder
  • Psychiatry
  • Mood disorders
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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