Flashcards in geriatric psych Deck (18)
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with aging, there is incr or decr transport across BBB
incr transport
2
___% seniors in a nursing home at any one time
5%
3
___% seniors may require a stay at a nursing home at some point in their lives
35%
4
document used to designate who you want to make health care decisions if you become unable to do so
durable power of attorney for healthcare
5
If there is a danger to self or others due to serious mental impairment, then can grant a ______
civil commitment
6
____determine competency; _____determine capacity
judges; doctors
7
if personality changes, psychosis or mania occurs for the 1st time late in life, then suspect?
neurocognitive disorder
8
generally what can you change about prescriptions?
cut in half
9
anticholinergic SE to be concerned about in elderly (5)
1. dry mouth
2. constipation
3. urine retention
4. cognitive impairment
5. blurred vision
10
prevalence of depressive disorder is lower or higher in elderly in comparison to younger
prevalence is lower in elderly than in younger
11
how to assess depression in elderly
geriatric depression scale
12
bereavement sx typically peak ____and subside____
within a few months, within a year
13
what meds to avoid in elderly suffering bereavement
sedative-hypnotics
14
how so elderly often present with depression
via presentation of somatic complaints
15
when a person's depression gets better, their cognition improves
pseudo-dementia
16
which antidepressant is assc'd with HTN
venlofaxine
17
msot common late life anxiety disorders
phobias
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