Why Is It Particularly Difficult to Properly Diagnose Mental Disorders

question 83

Multiple Choice

Why is it particularly difficult to properly diagnose mental disorders in older adults?

• A) Side effects of medications may mimic the symptoms of certain disorders.
• B) Clinicians are largely unfamiliar with the disorders specific to this age group.
• C) Similar symptoms are indicative of more than one disorder.
• D) Older adults often are afraid to get help for their problems.
• E) Older individuals are less able to explain their problems than younger patients.

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Definitions:

Ringelmann Effect

The Ringelmann Effect describes the phenomenon where individuals in a group become less productive as the size of the group increases.

Social Loafing

The behavior of individuals demonstrating decreased effort in goal achievement while in a group setting versus when working independently.

Ringelmann Effect

Describes the tendency for individual members of a group to become increasingly less productive as the size of the group increases.

TAT

The thematic apperception test, a projective psychological test used to reveal a person's social drives or needs by their interpretation of a series of pictures of emotionally ambiguous situations.