Mental Health Problems and Aging: A Short Quiz.
Publication Date
1983
Description
The mental health needs of older adults remain largely unmet. This gap is due, in part, to a lack of adequately trained professionals and paraprofessionals. The sixteen-item quiz presented in this article has two purposes: 1) to present an overview of salient empirical and theoretical issues in the area of mental health and aging, and 2) to promote discussion of these topics. Each item is documented with supporting literature. In addition, average scores, item difficulties, and item-to-total correlations are presented for two groups of undergraduate students.
Journal
International Journal of Aging and Human Development
Volume
17
Issue
2
First Page
123
Last Page
140
Department
Psychology
Link to Published Version
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6671812
Recommended Citation
Pruchno, Rachel and Smyer, Michael A.. "Mental Health Problems and Aging: A Short Quiz.." International Journal of Aging and Human Development (1983) : 123-140.