Effect of Age on the Frequency of Anxiety Disorders in Major Depression With Psychotic Features

The findings of this study are consistent with those of community-based epidemiologic surveys that anxiety disorders are less prevalent in older than younger adults. Because of the rigorous assessment used in STOP-PD, our findings suggest that the age-related decline in the prevalence of anxiety disorders is not simply due to a failure to detect cases in older people, as has been previously suggested.