10: Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders Flashcards
Around ___ of elderly men and ___ of elderly women in the US experience an anxiety disorder
6, 11
Prevalence of substance abuse ____ after age 60
Declines
Depression is _____ among older adults
common (but less common than young adults)
Elderly Depression Treatments (3)
- Cognitive therapy
- Interpersonal therapy
- Antidepressant medicine
Collaborative Care Management
Working with primary care physicians to improve the care for depressed elderly
Collaborative Care Management leads to…(3)
- Higher rates of treatment
- Higher rates of health and quality of life
- Lower depression scores
High depressive symptoms that don’t meet criteria for disorder
Subthreshold depression
Internet-based CBT was shown to be…
…equally effective to group-based CBT
Delirium
Acute cognitive disorder including disorientation and memory loss
Causes of delirium (6)
- Fever
- Metabolic disorder
- Infection
- Poor nutrition
- Head injury
- Stress
Major Neurocognitive Disorder (NCD)
Cognitive disorder with gradual and usually permanent decline in intellectual functioning
NCD Criteria (2)
- Significant cognitive decline based on assessment or concern by self or informant
- Interference with independence in everyday activities
Language disturbance
Aphasia
Motor impairment
Apraxia
Inability to recognize common objects, persons, or sounds
Agnosia
