geriatric psych

Question 1

with aging, there is incr or decr transport across BBB

Answer 1

incr transport

Question 2

___% seniors in a nursing home at any one time

Answer 2

5%

Question 3

___% seniors may require a stay at a nursing home at some point in their lives

Answer 3

35%

Question 4

document used to designate who you want to make health care decisions if you become unable to do so

Answer 4

durable power of attorney for healthcare

Question 5

If there is a danger to self or others due to serious mental impairment, then can grant a ______

Answer 5

civil commitment

Question 6

____determine competency; _____determine capacity

Answer 6

judges; doctors

Question 7

if personality changes, psychosis or mania occurs for the 1st time late in life, then suspect?

Answer 7

neurocognitive disorder

Question 8

generally what can you change about prescriptions?

Answer 8

cut in half

Question 9

anticholinergic SE to be concerned about in elderly (5)

Answer 9

1. dry mouth
2. constipation
3. urine retention
4. cognitive impairment
5. blurred vision

Question 10

prevalence of depressive disorder is lower or higher in elderly in comparison to younger

Answer 10

prevalence is lower in elderly than in younger

Question 11

how to assess depression in elderly

Answer 11

geriatric depression scale

Question 12

bereavement sx typically peak ____and subside____

Answer 12

within a few months, within a year

Question 13

what meds to avoid in elderly suffering bereavement

Answer 13

sedative-hypnotics

Question 14

how so elderly often present with depression

Answer 14

via presentation of somatic complaints

Question 15

when a person’s depression gets better, their cognition improves

Answer 15

pseudo-dementia

Question 16

which antidepressant is assc’d with HTN

Answer 16

venlofaxine

Question 17

msot common late life anxiety disorders

Answer 17

phobias

Question 18

concerns regarding use of benzos (3)

Answer 18

1. impair gait
2. impair cognition
3. affect respiratory drive