Exam 16: Aging and Psychological Disorders

Schroeter et al., (2009)noted that the most reliable predictor of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease was:

Canadian researchers in Edmonton have found that elderly women:

The phenomenon of feeling younger than one actually is refers to:

Some of the most commonly used tools for assessing and diagnosing elderly people include all of the following EXCEPT:

One method used by older adults to obtain prescription medication for abuse is:

If Sally were an older woman with depression who started a therapy that involved reattributing a personal failure to contextual factors instead of personal deficits, she would be doing:

Pearl has a history of Alzheimer's disease in her family. She wants to do everything in her power to try to avoid developing the disorder herself. You tell her she should

According to a 2004 survey of practicing psychologists, which of the following factors were deemed to be of critical importance for suicide in the elderly?

Research shows that psychotherapy is less effective for older adults.

Which of the following may explain why more psychotherapists do not specialize in the treatment of older adults?

Over 74 million seniors in China would benefit from treatment for depression.

Sleep apnea is:

Longitudinal studies involve:

Diagnosing psychopathology in older adults is difficult because:

The Canadian Study of Health and Aging is

The Nun Study found that a very strong predictor of Alzheimer's disease was:

Which of the following are currently used in the treatment of depression in the elderly?

A project aiming at screening for depression and intervening at the primary care level in older adults (Alexopoulos et al., 2009)found the following:

Describe cohort effects and time-of-measurement effects. How do these issues figure in research with older adults?

Canadian studies of depressive symptoms have shown that _________ are less common among older depressed individuals than among younger depressed adults.