Many adults experience some decline in cognitive function as they age. Which depression treatment should doctors avoid using with older patients due to its effect on cognitive function?

a. MAOI
b. SSRI
c. ECT
d. lithium

Ans: c. ECT

Psychology

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a. We must have a realistic knowledge of our strengths and weaknesses. b. We must be free of constraints imposed by society and by ourselves. c. We must be secure in our self-image and in our relationships with other people. d. All of these are correct.

Psychology

Bornstein argues that therapists trained in classical psychoanalysis should abandon the concept of:

a. free association b. oral dependence c. defense mechanism d. eating disorder

Psychology