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There can be no question that the experience of dysfunctional anxiety is a problem for many older persons, even though it might not occur as frequently in a formal diagnostic sense as depression does. Certainly, there are many realistic reasons for anxiety among aged persons. The experience of actual losses and especially threats of further losses of loved ones, of physical capacities, of income, and so on, naturally lead to fear and anxiety.
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Sherman, A.E. (1984). Problems of Anxiety. In: Working with Older Persons. International Series in Social Welfare, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7417-6_5
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