Mixture 1.0

Question 1

Traumatic distress (3)

Answer 1

1-Feeling disbelief about the death
2-Mistrust, anger, and detachment from others as a result of the death
3-The experience of physical presence of the deceased

Question 2

Grief work as rumination hypothesis

Answer 2

Approach that rejects necessity of grief processing and views extensive grief processing as a form of rumination that might increase distress

Question 3

What 2 assessment scales are often used to aid in the diagnosis of depression?

Give an example where depression rates are higher vs lower in an ethnic group

Answer 3

Beck depression inventory
Geriatric depression scale

Higher for Latinos
Lower for African americans

Question 4

What’s the first to last line of defense for antidepressant options?

What 2 factors can influence the accuracy of assessment of adults

Answer 4

SSRI’s
Tricyclic
MAO inhibitors

Pos / Neg biases, environmental conditions

Question 5

Tertiary prevention (Hint: What does it involve?) + example

Answer 5

Involves efforts to avoid the development of complications or other conditions

Ex. Getting a patient out of bed to improve mobility after surgery