true of false - confusion, delirium and dementia are parts of normal aging.
What is false
100
What does the acronym A (from ABCD) stand for when dealing with difficult behaviour?
What is A-Activating Event
100
Why are rates of depression increasing over the years?
What is baby boomer generation
200
Effect 1% of all Canadians
What is schizophrenia
200
Dementia caused by a series of small strokes
What is vascular dementia
200
confusion that presents suddenly
What is delirium
200
What does the acronym B stand for with regards to the ABCD's of dealing with difficult behaviour?
What is behaviour
200
Keeping unpleasant or painful thoughts from the conscious mind.
What is repression
300
The most commonly abused substance
What is alcohol
300
Also known as frontal lobe dementia
What is picks disease
300
Which stage of dementia is this - blaming others for mistakes, forgetfulness and other problems, frequent mood shifts, withdrawn from usual activities, mild coordination problem, difficulty learning new things.
What is stage 1
300
What does the acronym C stand for with regards to the ABCD's of dealing with difficult behaviour?
What is consequences
300
physician who specializes in mental health disorders, who can prescribe medication for treatment.
What is psychiatrist.
400
Two common anxiety disorders
What is Obsessive-compulsive disorder and Post-traumatic stress disorder.
400
Has both signs of dementia as well as Parkinson-like motor symptoms
What is lewy body dementia
400
what stage of dementia is this? sleep longer and more often? nonverbal communication, loss of ability to remember, communicate of function, seizure
What is stage 3.
400
What does the acronym D stand for with regards to the ABCD's of dealing with difficult behaviour?
What is Decide, Decrease and Debrief
400
Group of disorders involving rigid and socially unacceptable behaviors that are not expected from a person's culture.
What is personality disorders.
500
A disturbance in a person's ability to cope with or adjust to stress.
What is mental illness.
500
impairment of the skilled motor system, resulting in problems with feeding or dressing oneself.
What is apraxia
500
what is a key symptom in the second stage of dementia that is not present in the early statge of dementia?
What is a failure to recognize family and friends.
500
Someone is sitting in the lounge area when all of a sudden they start screaming and yelling profanities at someone because this person changed the channel, what type of challenging behaviour would this be?
What is catastrophic reaction
500
seeing, smelling, hearing or feeling something that is not real.