Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood Disorders

Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood Disorders

Examine Case Study:

An African American Child Suffering From Depression. You will be asked to follow a 3 step outline to treatment. Be sure to label your steps. Make decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this African American child with depression.
pick a medication. zoloft, wellbutrin, prozac, trazadone, lexpro, doxapin.
Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point stop to complete the following:

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Decision #1
Which medication did you select?
Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

Decision #2
after 4 weeks Will you stay at this dose because it is working, are they less than 50% effective and you need to increase them meds, or no change and a new or additional anti depressant needed? Why did you make this decision, provide examples. Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

Decision #3
At the next follow up what is your next decision, increase meds if no changes, keep meds at current dose, or add a secondary medication to see a better affect. Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision.
#3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

Also include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and communication with clients.

Final step make a conclusion to your findings and why your decision has been affective and state reasons why using specific data, pharmacology, and references.

Be specific, but do not over extend the justifications, be informative, but keep it short enough to keep me interested!Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood Disorders