A social worker refers a 60-year-old female to a psychiatrist for a psychiatric evaluation. What should
the psychiatrist do FIRST to learn of the client's history of mental illness?
a) Conduct an anamnesis
b) Perform a mental status exam
c) Ask a nurse or social worker to take a history
d) Wait until the client has started taking medications
A
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were due to efforts by A. African-Americans B. teachers C. women D. men
Men and women in middle adulthood may reflect upon the meaning of their lives because
a. they are recognizing their own mortality through loss of youth, decline in physical functioning, and increased risk for illness or death. b. they are becoming more concerned about what others think of them. c. they are aware that they are currently experiencing a crisis. d. friendships and cultural ties are often lost during this timeframe.
A supervisor tells her manager that she is getting negative feedback from clinicians
about recent policy changes. While she does not express her own concerns, she encourages the staff to air their grievances. How has the supervisor failed to set boundaries? A. She has used the staff to raise concerns she should be raising directly with her superiors. B. She has not made any attempt to balance negative criticism with more positive views. C. She has neglected to teach clinicians to consider decisions within the context of the whole agency. D. She has insulated her clinicians from administrators' thinking on the policy her staff is criticizing.
Older people often have more problems seeing under low lighting conditions. This is most likely due to a/an:
A) inability to modify the opening of the pupil. B) a slower shift from rods to cones. C) increased supply of oxygen to the retina. D) discoloration of the lens of the eye.