Anxiety and depressive disorders in elderly with chronic dizziness of vestibular origin

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Dizziness is one of the most prevalent symptoms in the elderly. Anxiety and depression are common in dizzy adult patients, but there is scarce information about comorbidity between vestibular disturbances and psychiatric disorders in the aged. OBJECTIVE: To assess the preval...

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Main Authors: Érica Toledo Piza Peluso, Maria Inês Quintana, Fernando Freitas Ganança
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942016000200209&lng=en&tlng=en