Which is a neuropsychiatric change associated with aging?

A 71-year-old woman comes to an outpatient geriatric clinic to establish primary care for herself. Her history includes diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and depression; she takes metformin, enalapril, and escitalopram to manage these conditions. For the past year she has required assistance with shopping and food preparation. Her daughter assists her with these tasks, does her housekeeping, and also helps her mother get showered and dressed daily. Which one of the following aspects of the patient’s care would be considered an instrumental activity of daily living (IADL)?

 Which of the following pairs of psychiatric disorders demonstrates a high degree of shared genotypes?

Which of the following statements regarding suicide mortality in the U.S. geriatric population is correct?

 The comorbidity of anxiety disorders and related conditions with late-life depression can be described by which of the following characteristics?

What is the best approach when trying to communicate with an agitated person with dementia?

Which of the following psychological treatments for complicated grief has been found to be more effective than other form of therapies?

A family brings their 70-year-old grandmother with no prior psychiatric history to the emergency department for evaluation of approximately 1 year of verbal agitation that has worsened over the past 2 months. After a thorough medical and psychiatric evaluation, the evaluating physician determines that the patient likely has Alzheimer’s dementia and is considering treatment for agitation. Which of the following is important for the physician to consider when deciding on treatment?

Which of the following is a risk factor for the emergence of Alzheimer’s disease in a depressed patient?

In assessing a patient’s function and change of function, what are the most important parameters to assess?