Geriatric Anxiety Inventory
The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) is a simple self-reporting scale for quickly screening older people for anxiety disorders.
Anxiety is very prevalent in older people, but with dementia also presenting as a common illness in this group, mood disorders such as anxiety and depression can be overlooked because the symptoms are similar. This is made more problematic by the lack of research on diagnosing anxiety in adults aged 65 and over.
The GAI has been developed to specifically fill this gap and reflects years of collaborative research led by academics from The University of Queensland’s Schools of Medicine and Psychology. The scale is the first clinically validated anxiety screening tool that can be used with normal older people and older people with mental health problems. It’s easily administered and scored by a range of clinical staff across a variety of health care settings, enabling easier and more accurate screening of anxiety.
The GAI has been translated into 20+ languages and used in at least 20 countries across the world. To date, users include pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials who require screening of older people for anxiety; public and private sector healthcare providers; and aged care facilities.
Key features
- Simple, straightforward design: a simple 20 item questionnaire
- Quick and easy to use by a range of health professionals
- Can even be self-administered
- Older adult specific – the GAI has been designed specifically for those aged 65 and over
- Extensively tested and backed by years of research and evidence base.
Visit the GAI website.
BRAVE™
BRAVE™ is an interactive cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) program developed specifically for anxious children, teens and their parents.
Anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental health conditions affecting children and teenagers. Anxiety can create a sense of doom and foreboding that seems to come out of nowhere and oftentimes we think our child is “going through a phase” and that there is nothing to worry about. Children themselves tend to avoid their negative feelings. However, it is imperative to read the signs because anxiety can be extremely debilitating and cause significant problems in a person’s emotional, social, and educational functioning.
With BRAVE™ children, teenagers, and their parents have access to proven online CBT in a self-help format, which can be accessed from the comfort of their own homes. In 2018, 4,425 users of the child and adolescent self-help programs in Australia participated in a study, revealing that irrespective of the number of sessions completed, young people showed a statistically significant average decrease in their anxiety symptoms.
BRAVE™ has been developed by a team from The University of Queensland and is based on research evidence compiled over 15 years. Parents of children who complete the program can rest assured their child is receiving a high-quality treatment program.
Visit the BRAVE™ website.