What is problematic about misdiagnosing depression as dementia?

What will be an ideal response?


The medications typically prescribed for dementia can actually increase dementia-like symptoms such as fatigue and slowed mental reactions to stimuli and events.

Psychology

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If you are studying flirting behavior in college students by sitting quietly at the college snack bar and watching students as they interact with each other, all the while pretending to read a newspaper, you are engaging in a form of naturalistic observation

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

According to your text, the three main ways to assess disruptive behavior disorders is through

a. interviews, questionnaires, and school reports. b. direct observations, first-hand reports, and others opinions. c. clinical testing, neurological screening, and observations. d. interviews, rating scales, and behavioral observations.

Psychology

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

a. There are direct tests enabling us to verify whether current theories of attitude function cover all relevant motives. b. Attitudes might serve a psychological need for consistency. c. Attitudes might serve a combination of different functions simultaneously. d. Interventions that change attitudes might also shape the psychological functions of the attitudes.

Psychology

In agoraphobia, the individual has a fear of being someplace where escape may be difficult or embarrassing

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology