Study Q.A 1.0 Flashcards
Does primary or secondary control strategy have a more adaptive value to the individual
Many adults experience some decline in cognitive function as they age. Which depression treatment should doctors avoid using with older patients due to its effect on cognitive function?
Primary
Electroconvulsive therapy
At what point in our life span does the capacity to achieve primary control peak?
A residential facility provides care for 10 people diagnosed with dementia. About how many of these patients have Alzheimer’s disease?
In midlife
7
What should a professional focus on when considering psychopathology in older people?
How do neurophysiological changes in people with Alzheimer’s disease compare to age-based normative changes?
behavior in context
The’re more extensive
Recently Pete has been having trouble with his memory, such as forgetting he put a kettle on to boil and leaving his store without locking up and turning off the lights.
What type of factors support Pete’s heightened concern over his memory problems?
Biological
What assessment methods offers mental health professionals primary-source data in the cognitive and emotional domains?
Which type of dementia pairs a condition with a risk factor?
Clinical interviews
Huntington’s disease—genetics
What condition is most likely to be subject to age-based stereotyping?
Weighing benefits and risks of each approach, which of the following lists depression treatments for older adults from the most suitable to the least suitable?
Depression
cognitive-behavioral therapy, SSRIs, tricyclics, MAOIsinhibitors
How should the doctor consider contextual factors before making a determination of someone’s mental health?
Lack of access to healthcare contributes to a disparity in numbers of people with:
inquire about challenges in their life
Mental disorders
Jordan is brought to the emergency room claiming that aliens are controlling his thoughts. After a drug screen is negative for anything that causes psychosis, the doctor diagnoses Jordan with probable:
A person who shows no brain activity in the cortex will be incapable of what?
Psychotic disorder
Speaking
What is likely the most important concern for healthy people who indicate a desire for physician-asssited suicide if they’re diagnosed with a terminal illness?
What term best characterizes people’s responses to their own mortality?
Having self-determination
Complex
Why might Kubler-Ross’s theory about how people approach dying be considered one-dimensional?
How does being anxious or fearful of death on a general level offer benefit to people?
It emphasizes human emotion
It promotes a strong will to live fully
