What are the different types of anxiety disorders?
Anxiety disorders are typically divided into three categories:
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Many experts are recognizing the existence of elderly anxiety as very common similar to the younger generation. Elderly anxiety is real and treatable.

Remember – in most elderly individuals, behaviors are a symptom of distress. Such behaviors are not personality flaws or stubbornness. They are merely expressions of anxiety. Elderly individuals suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s are especially prone to anxiety.

Researchers say generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) may be the most common mental disorder among the elderly, although little is known about how to treat the disorder among older adults.
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Serving Seniors Blog: July, 2011If your elderly parents had an alcohol problem, would you be able to tell? Do you know the symptoms to look for? Would you know what to do? I've worked in many areas in my career including alcohol treatment, which has given me great insights, especially when dealing with the elderly.

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Use the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator to find an alcohol treatment program in your area.https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/

Less than half of alcoholics over 65 are diagnosed, a Penn State study has shown, because often the telltale signs of alcohol dependence are masked by patient denial and seeming good health.Click here for more: https://alcoholism.about.com/cs/elder/a/blpenn030627.htm

Although alcohol and substance abuse is statistically at epidemic proportions among the elderly, it remains for the most part unreported, undiagnosed, or ignored.Find out more: https://alcoholism.about.com/cs/elder/a/aa981118.htm