The recent use of actuarial prediction measures has made ...

[Bob-Dole]

The recent use of actuarial prediction measures has made psychologists better able to predict potential violence in a patient. Specifically, the use of which of the following constructs has contributed to prediction of violent behavior?
 
  A) Past behavior
   B) Delusional beliefs
   C) Psychiatric syndromes
   D) Psychological symptoms

Question 2

Millie is a 67-year-old woman who comes from a loving, stable middle class family. She reached all of her developmental milestones at the appropriate times and has no personal or family history of significant medical or psychiatric illnesses.
 
  Recently, however, Millie began experiencing hallucinations and having increased difficulty recalling names and locating objects. They do not interfere with her social or personal functioning but she and her family are concerned at this development. After a thorough examination by her primary care physician, Millie was referred to a neurologist for further testing where he found a brain tumor. Given this information, Millie would most likely be diagnosed with
  A) vascular dementia.
  B) subcortical dementia.
  C) late-onset schizophrenia.
  D) very-late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis.

[LP]

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

D

[Bob-Dole]

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