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ANXIETY DISORDERS IN DEMENTIA SUFFERERS
Author(s) -
BALLARD CLIVE,
BOYLE ANN,
BOWLER CLAIRE,
LINDESAY JAMES
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199611)11:11<987::aid-gps422>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - anxiety , dementia , panic , psychiatry , psychology , psychosis , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , anxiety disorder , paranoia , medicine , disease , economics , macroeconomics
One hundred and fifty‐eight consecutive patients attending a university memory clinic were assessed using a variety of standardized instruments. Dementia was diagnosed according to DSM‐III‐R criteria. One hundred and nine patients had DSM‐III‐R dementia, of whom 22% had subjective anxiety, 11% experienced autonomic anxiety, 38% experienced tension, 13% experienced situational anxiety and 1.8% had panic attacks. Thirty‐two (29.4%) had one or more anxiety symptoms. None of the cognitive or demographic variables were significantly associated with the presence of anxiety symptoms. Three main categories of anxiety symptoms were evident—anxiety related to depression, anxiety related to psychosis and anxiety related to interpersonal situations.