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Self-Assessment in Geriatric Psychiatry
February 01, 2009
Agitation and Suspiciousness
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Sample questions:
1
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Kraepelin used the term
paraphrenia
to describe older patients who today would be most likely diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR as having
2
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You ask the resident with whom you are working to outline some common nonpharmacological strategies for reducing agitation in an elderly patient whom you are treating. She comes up with the list below. You feel that all are good strategies
except
3
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There are a number of communication strategies that may reduce a person's agitation. Which of the following is an example of one of these strategies?
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