Overview
After careful consideration of the learning materials for this week, write a reaction paper that addresses the following areas:
Examine some of the pharmacodynamics associated with medicating children. Consider issues of physiologic, developmental, pharmacokinetics in your reflection.
- Which SSRIs have been approved for use with children and/or adolescents?
- What other medications have been approved for children and adolescents? List the associated approved age ranges.
- What are the most important advocacy questions to ask your client and their caregiver regarding a child on psychotropic medication?
Imagine yourself as an MFT working with a child and his/her family who is being treated for an attention disorder. Reflect and respond to the following:
- What are the symptoms being medicated?
- Which drugs are supposed to treat which symptoms?
- Has there been an improvement in the targeted symptoms since the child started taking the drug(s)?
- If not, why continue the child on the drug(s)?
Resources: Support your assignment with at least two scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages.