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Alwahhabi F. “Anxiety Symptoms and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the Elderly: A Review,” Harvard Review of Psychiatry (July–Aug. 2003): Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 180–93. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12944126

Ayers CR, et al. “Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Late-Life Anxiety,” Psychology and Aging (March 2007): Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 8–17. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17385978

Davidson JR. “First-Line Pharmacotherapy Approaches for Generalized Anxiety Disorder,” Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (2009): Vol. 70, Suppl. 2, pp. 25–31. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19371504

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).

Hunot V, et al. “Psychological Therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder,” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Jan. 24, 2007): Doc No. CD001848. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17253466

Kessler RC, et al. “The Descriptive Epidemiology of Commonly Occurring Mental Disorders in the United States,” Annual Review of Public Health (2008): Vol. 29, pp. 115–29. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18348707

Kroenke K, et al. “Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Prevalence, Impairment, Comorbidity, and Detection,” Annals of Internal Medicine (March 6, 2007): Vol. 146, No. 5, pp. 317–25. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17339617

Lenze EJ, et al. “Escitalopram for Older Adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” Journal of the American Medical Association (Jan. 21, 2009): Vol. 301, No. 3, pp. 295–303. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19155456

Mohlman J. “Psychosocial treatment of late-life generalized anxiety disorder: Current status and future directions,” Clinical Psychology Review (May 2004): Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 149–69. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15081514

Pinquart M, et al. “Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults: A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions,” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (Aug. 2007): Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 639–51. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17670995

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Stanley MA, et al. “Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Among Older Adults in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” Journal of the American Medical Association (April 8, 2009): Vol. 301, No. 14, pp. 1460–67. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19351943

Thorp SR, et al. “Meta-Analysis Comparing Different Behavioral Treatments for Late-Life Anxiety,” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (Feb. 2009): Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 105–15. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19155744

Van't Veer-Tazelaar PJ, et al. “Stepped-Care Prevention of Anxiety and Depression in Late Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” Archives of General Psychiatry (March 2009): Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 297–304. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19255379

Weisberg RB. “Overview of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Epidemiology, Presentation, and Course,” Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (2009): Vol. 70, Suppl. 2, pp. 4–9. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19371500

Wetherell JL, et al. “Modular Psychotherapy for Anxiety in Older Primary Care Patients,” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (June 2009): Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 483–92. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19461257

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