Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder, and if so, use them to justify your recommendations. If not, explain what information you would need to take into consideration

Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder, and if so, use them to justify your recommendations. If not, explain what information you would need to take into consideration

. The clinical practice guidelines for treating elderly patients with generalized anxiety disorder is paramount in treating patients appropriately. A proper patient assessment should be done for the patient. In this case of GAD in an elderly patient we should look at the issues of aging, medical disorders, co-morbidities and how the patient presents. The provider should conduct an inquiry lab work and nutritional deficiency to distinguish a baseline. A definitive differential diagnosis should be ruled out due to many underlying causes of anxiety and other undiagnosed medical conditions