2008年职称英语考试卫生类B级真题及答案(4)

ring for the individual and the family.

3 Many older people and their families don’t recognize the symptoms of depression, aren’t aware that it is a medical illness, and don’t know how it is treated. Others may mistake the symptoms of depression as signs of dementia（痴呆）。Also, many older people think that depression is a character flaw（缺陷）and are worried about being stigmatized（给…带来耻辱）, SO they blame themselves for their illness and are too ashamed（羞耻的）to get help, Others worry that treatment would be too costly.

4 Older persons with depression rarely seek treatment for the illness. Unrecognized and untreated depression has fatal consequences in terms of both suicide and non-suicide mortality(死亡率). The highest rate of suicide in the US is among older white men. Depression is the single most significant risk factor for suicide in that population. Tragically, many of those people who go on to commit suicide have reached 0ut for help--20％see a doctor the day they die, 40％the week they die, and 70％in the month they die. Yet depression is frequently missed.

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A. What are the consequences of untreated depression in older people?

B. How common is depression in later life?

C. What is depression?

D. What relieves depression in older people?

E. Why does depression in older people often go untreated?

F. Can depression in older people be treated?

27. Clinical depression is different from--------------

28. Depression in older people is strongly linked with--------------

29. Depression is regarded by many older people as--------------

30. Many older people commit suicide as a result of--------------

A. unrecognized and untreated depression

B. a character flaw

C. normal sadness and grief

D. a definite possibility

E. dependency and disability