- Administer antipsychotics for agitation.
- Assess for acute cardiac decompensation or other medical causes of delirium.
- Restrain the patient to prevent harm.
- This is normal for someone with heart failure.
Category: Developmental Pcychology
- Stagnation.
- Identity diffusion.
- Ego integrity.
- Despair.
- Cross-sectional study.
- Longitudinal study.
- Correlational study.
- Experimental study.
- Abnormal social development.
- Normative stranger anxiety, a sign of developing attachment.
- Signs of a fearful temperament.
- Lack of social stimulation.
- SSRIs are not effective in children.
- The potential for initial activation syndrome and the importance of gradual titration and monitoring.
- SSRIs are a quick fix for anxiety.
- Long-term use of SSRIs in children has no known side effects.
- Midlife crisis.
- Sandwich generation phenomenon.
- Generativity crisis.
- Empty nest syndrome.
- No long-term impact on the child's development.
- Increased risk for emotional regulation difficulties and heightened stress reactivity.
- Enhanced resilience and coping skills.
- Accelerated cognitive development.
- Assimilation.
- Accommodation.
- Equilibration.
- Organization.
- Normal developmental variance.
- Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).
- Intellectual disability.
- ADHD.
- Intelligence is purely genetic.
- Intelligence is purely environmental.
- Intelligence is a product of complex gene-environment interactions.
- Intelligence is fixed at birth.
- Normal signs of aging.
- Geriatric syndrome with potential for delirium and further decline, requiring immediate comprehensive assessment.
- Intentional self-neglect.
- A new onset of depression.
- Assimilation.
- Accommodation.
- Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
- Conservation.
- Identity vs. Role Confusion.
- Intimacy vs. Isolation.
- Generativity vs. Stagnation.
- Ego Integrity vs. Despair.
- Wait until 18 months for these milestones.
- Seek an immediate speech-language and developmental evaluation.
- Assume the child is quiet by nature.
- Encourage more passive entertainment like TV.
- Medication side effects can mimic dementia symptoms.
- All cognitive decline in older adults is due to normal aging.
- Medications always improve cognitive function.
- Dosage adjustments are never needed in older adults.
- Plasticity.
- Canalization.
- Critical period.
- Sensitive period.
- Encouraging them to force themselves into social situations.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focusing on social skills and challenging anxious thoughts.
- Ignoring the anxiety, as it will pass.
- Prescribing strong sedatives for daily use.
- A healthy preference for independence.
- Disruptions in attachment formation and social-emotional development.
- High intellectual potential.
- Normal early childhood shyness.
