Vasiliadis, Helen-Maria Pitrou, Isabelle Grenier, Sébastien Berbiche, Djamal and Hudon, Carol 2023. Psychological Distress, Cognition, and Functional Disability Trajectory Profiles of Aging in Primary ...

However, few studies have looked at how persistent anxiety, along with age when one develops anxiety, impacted dementia risk, they said. For the study, the researchers included more than 2,000 ...

A comprehensive national health study reveals that older Americans demonstrated greater emotional resilience compared to ...

the UCL team used primary care data from the U.K. between 2008 and 2018 to assess the frequency of Parkinson's symptoms among 109,435 adults who had developed anxiety after the age of 50.

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 ...

Paranoid symptoms among older adults are of considerable importance ... social environment lead to heightened stress, caution, anxiety, and agitation among older persons. The resultant resistive ...

Cannabis is emerging as a tool in dementia care, offering relief from anxiety and agitation when traditional medications fall ...

recent studies show that older adults are now drinking more frequently and in larger quantities than in the past. This may be due to increased stress and anxiety, social isolation, retirement and ...

Rates of anxiety and depression increased to 65 percent and 61 percent ... Coley and Baum report. Disparities between young versus older and less educated versus more educated adults rose over time.

More older adults are using marijuana for sleep, anxiety and pain. A small but growing number are taking it to manage their ...

Initial prescriptions of benzodiazepines, a class of drugs used to treat anxiety and sleep problems after a stroke may include too many pills for adults ages 65 or older, finds new study.

After a stroke, benzodiazepines may be used to calm anxiety and improve sleep. However, when prescribed to older adults, these medications may increase the risk of falls and broken bones ...