The older adult is at a higher risk for acute psychological pain than a younger adult because older adults:
a. Have many ill-nesses. c. Experience more loss.
b. Possess fewer as-sets. d. Live with impair-ments.
C
Older adults are at higher risk for acute psychological pain than younger adults because they ex-perience more loss such as the pain occurring in early bereavement or in a major depressive epi-sode. Older adults tend to have more illnesses than younger adults, and illness can trigger de-pression. The lack of assets of younger and older adults is unlikely to be related to acute psycho-logical distress unless a sudden loss of a large asset is experienced. Older adults do not necessar-ily live with impairments. Further, if impairment causes psychological distress, then the acute phase is likely to occur at the onset rather than in day-to-day activities.
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