Exam 16: Mental Disorders and Aging

The primary sleep problems experienced by older adults include feeling tired during the day, awakening often during the night, and waking up too early in the morning.

Older adults are more likely to respond to positive over negative information.

Oftentimes, losses of physical functioning, retirement, or death of loved ones will increase the likelihood that an individual will develop a mental disorder because

Cross-sectional surveys are limited in that they cannot tell us if the results are due to

What is the main difference between pseudo-dementia and dementia?

Gerontologists are statisticians who study the rate at which the population is aging and comprising a greater percentage of the population.

Older adults are disproportionately underrepresented as users of mental health services for all of the following reasons, except

Delerium in older patients is often misdiagnosed as

________ extended psychoanalytic theory by suggesting that there are critical issues for successful functioning across the lifespan.

Discuss common treatments used for older adults suffering from mood disorders.

Depression, nutritional deficiency, and other disorders can cause symptoms similar to dementia, such as forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating. These occurrences are also known as

Which of the following statements regarding depressive disorders and older adults is true?

Compare and contrast dementia, pseudo-dementia, cortical and subcortical dementias. Use examples.

In Canada, the age group that will grow the most will be the

Two myths concerning mental disorders and aging are that mental illness is common among older people and that treatment is not beneficial.

One of the major difficulties in determining whether an older adult is suffering from a depressive disorder is

Which of the following findings is consistent with the Socio-emotional Selectivity Theory (SST)?

Each of the following factors are believed to cause primary insomnia EXCEPT

Since 1977, suicide rates among all groups of people have been higher in Canada than in the U.S.

Describe the Strength and Vulnerability Integration (SAVI) Model.