Clinical Gerontologist, Vol. 46, Issue. 5, p. 819. Historically, clinicians and researchers have focused on depression and dementia in older people, paying little attention to anxiety except as a ...
It is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. This is because many people mistake the symptoms of anxiety in older adults as a normal part of aging. However, anxiety is a treatable condition.
Late-life anxiety can often be "silent"—missed or difficult to diagnose as older adults tend to somatize psychiatric problems; have multiple psychiatric, medical, and medication issues ...
Anxiety: Among the elderly ... and lack of purpose after retirement could also cause such conditions. Depression: Elderly people could experience depression differently from young adults.