Review the glossary
What is the most common mental health problem among older adults and causes distress and suffering, and can lead to impairment in physical, mental, and social functioning?
Depression
Among older adults(Age 65 and older), the most common substance-related problems is what kind of problem?
Alcohol-related problems.
"During the initial grieving process, many will feel...
Numb
Shocked
Afraid
Angry"
T/F: Your substance use disorder may have pushed your loved ones away from you.
True
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
What is defined as "using any prescription or over-the-counter medication in a way that is different from how it is prescribed?
Medication misuse.
Those born after what year, had much higher rates of illicit(forbidden by law)drug use as teenagers and young adults than their older group?
Those born after 1950.
"People with drinking problems may lose the...
Trust of their family and friends because of their alcohol-related problems, arguments, and broken promises."
T/F: once you're old, there is no way to improve your physical health.
False
Treatment and recovery are great opportunities for you to improve your physical health.
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner
What is generally defined as "a person age 65 and older"?
Older adult
People 65 or older compose (are made up of) only what percentage of the population?
13 percent
"Approximately one-third of retired adults have a hard time...
Making the transition to retirement."
T/F: Depression is the most common mental health problem among older adults.
True
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?
Nothing
What is problem drinking?
Results when alcohol use causes medical, psychological, or social consequences.
The National Institute of Health(NIH) recommends that adults older than 65 should not drink more than how many drinks in 1 week or no more than how many drinks a day?
7 drinks a week
and no more than 3 drinks a day.
"During their lives, people often find meaning through their religious practice...
Social activities
Volunteering
and other helpful and healthy activities."
T/F: Recreation is a period of free time during which people are free from obligations, work, chores, or activities required for living.
False
This is leisure time. Recreation is an activity that people engage in on their free time.
What's lighter than a feather but impossible to hold for much more than a minute?
Your breath
What is a pattern of alcohol or other drug use in which an individual continues to use despite problems caused by that drug use?
Substance use disorder or addiction.
What addition of the DSM-this is a number-, rates substance use disorders in terms of severity, from mild to severe?
DSM-5
"When older adults experience reduced independence...
Such as the ability to drive, their social network may shrink and they may resent having to ask or depend on another person."
T/F: The older adult drinking guideline suggests that adults older than 65 consume less than 7 drinks in a week and no more than 4 drinks on any one day.
False
It suggests that they consume more than 7 drinks in a week, and no more than 3 drinks on any one given day.
Take me out the window, and I leave a grieving wife. But stick me in a door and I can save somebody's life. What am I?
"N"