Autumn 2003
Answer one question only (90 minutes)
| 1 | Psychotherapeutic approaches should be considered
in the care of the older adults with mental health problems. Discuss this
statement critically with reference to the range and efficacy of psychological
treatment in the elderly. |
| 2 | You are asked to brief your services managers on factors involved in prolonging stay on acute admissions. Outline your response and suggest how these problems could be ameliorated. |
| 3 | Describe the criteria that a new syndrome would need to satisfy in order to be added to the classification system of psychiatric disorders; discuss in relation to PTSD and social phobia. |
