Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Conceptual Overview Gerard Byrne and Nancy Pachana; 2. Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Gerard Byrne and Nancy Pachana; 3. Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults Christina Bryant; 4. Sub-Threshold Anxiety in Later Life: Issues and Consequences Sébastien Grenier and Marie-Josée Richer; 5. Cross-Cultural Issues in Late-Life Anxiety Xiaoping Lin and Charissa Hosseini; 6. Clinical Assessment of Late-Life Anxiety Christine Gould, Barry Edelstein, Vanessa Ma, Brian Kok and Christine Gould; 7. Late-Life Anxiety and Co-Morbid Depression Julie Wetherell and Emily Bower; 8. Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning Sherry A. Beaudreau, Andrew J. Petkus, Nathan Hantke and Christine Gould; 9. Anxiety and Parkinson's Disease Nadeeka Dissanayaka; 10. Anxiety in Older Adults Across Care Settings Veronica Shead, Rachel Rodriguez, Samuel Dreeben, Shalagh McBride; 11. Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life Melinda Stanley and Katherine Ramos; 12. Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety in Later Life Gerard Byrne; 13. Animal Models in Anxiety Research Pankaj Sah and Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi Perumal; 14. Late Life Anxiety: Whereto From Here? Nancy Pachana and Gerard Byrne.

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A comprehensive guide to late-life anxiety for all mental health workers, covering recent research and evolving techniques and strategies.

About the Author

Gerard Byrne is the Mayne Professor and Head of the Academy of Psychiatry within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of the Older Persons' Mental Health Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Nancy Pachana is a clinical geropsychologist, neuropsychologist and professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland.