A Clinician May Fail to Diagnose Correctly an Older Adults

question 33

Multiple Choice

A clinician may fail to diagnose correctly an older adults' major depressive disorder because he or she assumes that:

• A) older adults deliberately try to disguise their symptoms.
• B) what seems to be depression is really a medical disease.
• C) depression is a natural consequence of growing older.
• D) older adults would prefer not to receive such a diagnosis.

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