Psychiatry

Question 1

Top five major risk factors for depression in elderly

Answer 1

Grief 
sleep problems 
disability 
history of previous depression and 
female

Question 2

Can mini mental status exam be used for both depression and dementia

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Three things on the mini mental status exam that distinguish depression from dementia

Answer 3

orientation
concentration -cannot spell world backwards
writing a sentence-often will write a negative sentence

Question 4

GDS: explain scoring(3)

Answer 4

0-4:No depression
5-10:Mild depression
> 10:Severe depression