Exam 16: Aging and Issues in Psychological Disorders

Treating the underlying medical problem can resolve delirium.

Subjective age bias refers to:

Laura is concerned about her mother's ability to live independently. She has been depressed for most of her life and now is showing signs of dementia. She is considering placing her in a nursing home, but is concerned that:

Studies by Flint at the University of Toronto indicate that the most prevalent anxiety disorders among the elderly are:

Ageism refers to:

Negative aging stereotypes have been linked (Levy et al., 2009; Teusher, 2009) to:

_______ are more likely to receive home care and ________ are likely to have more needs.

A study of Alzheimer's patients and their family informants at the University of Victoria found that patients are:

Canadian research shows that many of those with dementia continue to live in the community. Those with dementia who live "home alone" are:

Delirium typically has a slow onset.

In studying Alzheimer and dementia in the elderly, Oveisgharan and Hachinski (2010) established that:

Which of the following is most common in the elderly?

A group of people age 40 are compared to a group aged 70) This type of research is called:

Canadian Michael J. Fox is an advocate of stem cell research. He suffers from:

The first disease identified and located on the human genome as part of the Human Genome Project (1993) was:

Diagnosing psychopathology in older adults is difficult because:

Which of the following is a recommended content issue in therapy with older adults?

Prevalence of depression in the elderly is:

The Clock Test is an assessment tool which has been found to be effective in screening for:

In individuals with Alzheimer's disease, the first area(s) of the brain typically affected by atrophy include: