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7. difficulty planning, thinking abstractly, and initiating and inhibiting actions.
8. a disturbance in attention or awareness that typically occurs in the context of a medical illness or after ingesting a substance.
10. of psychology that addresses of aging, with particular attention to patterns of normal development, individual differences, and psychological problems that are unique to older persons.
13. diagnosed when a patient's history, laboratory tests, and/or brain imaging studies indicate cognitive impairment as a result of cardiovascular disease such as stroke, transient ischemic attack, coronary artery disease, or untreated high blood pressure.
14. of the arteries that supply blood to the brain.
16. the deposits of beta-amyloid protein that form between the cells found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
19. differences that occur because people are born in different generations.
22. considers the role of biological predispositions, stressful life events, and person protective factors that reduce the potential negative impact of biological and environmental risk factors.
23. depression symptoms are noticed later on in life, typically after age 35 or 45.
24. reported by 26% of older Puerto Rican primary care patients, culturally bound syndrome in which symptoms of anxiety and depression are not consolable.
25. may reduce at-risk drinking and prevent more extensive alcohol-related difficulties.
26. excessive alcohol use that may not meet diagnostic criteria for substance-related disorders, occurs more frequently than alcohol-related disorders.
27. depression typically defined as having an onset before the age of 35 or 45.
28. depressive disorder due to another medical condition.
29. used infrequently, valuable to patients who have such severe symptoms that they cannot wait for the medication to have an effect or for those who fail to respond to alternative treatments.
30. the twisted protein fibers within neurons found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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1. focuses on patients' recall of significant past events and how they managed distress.
2. blockages of blood vessels resulting in tissue death.
3. heterogeneous category that develops after age 65, symptoms may develop from stroke, tumor, or other neurodegenerative change.
4. the most common form of dementia, characterized by a gradual onset and continuing decline, which includes memory loss, difficulties with language and decision making, and ultimately inability to care for self.
5. appear to slow cognitive decline and improve global functioning for patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
6. theories of positive aging, including perceived good health and active lifestyle, continued independence in functioning, lack of disability, absence of cognitive impairment, and positive social relationships.
9. common lung disease later on in life with symptoms including shortness of breath and catastrophic thoughts about physical symptoms, also characteristic of panic disorder.
11. useful for older adults with persistent depressive disorder or minor depression, common conditions in older age groups, even when patients are experiencing executive dysfunction.
12. biological variables that carry increased risk for depression, such as genetics, medical disease, etc.
15. the tendency to attribute a multitude of problems to advancing age.
17. maturity and previous life experiences.
18. first appears after age 40, characteristic risk factors like family history, genetic risk, and childhood maladjustment are similar to earlier onset, however there is a higher prevalence to paranoid subtype and more auditory hallucinations.
20. a disorder that represents deficits in cognitive abilities significantly affecting older people.
21. a naturally occurring substance that functions in the same way as an antipsychotic medication.