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Caiter2013

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on: Jul 19, 2018
The staff notices that the 80-year-old client's behavior is changing. Where he once was outgoing and talkative, he now sits sullenly in his chair. Investigation of the client's person-ality changes is based on the premise that
 
  1. personality patterns remain intact until death.
  2. apathy in older people often goes unexpressed.
  3. a change in personality is a normal sign of aging.
  4. a change in personality indicates that death is near.

Question 2

Paranoid personality disorders are diagnosed more often in
 
  1. men.
  2. women.
  3. children.
  4. adolescents.


lucas dlamini

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A sudden change in personality is not a normal sign of aging. By older adulthood, the per-sonality is deeply entrenched. Patterns of thinking and behaving remain intact until death.

Answer to Question 2

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Paranoid personality disorders are diagnosed in up to 2.5 of the population; men are diag-nosed more often than women.


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