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NRNP 6665 across the Lifespan Wk 5

Post ID: 3508875

Overview

Patient education is an effective tool in supporting compliance and treatment for a diagnosis. It is important to consider effective ways to educate patients and their families about a diagnosis—such as coaching, brochures, or videos—and to recognize that the efficacy of any materials may differ based on the needs and learning preferences of a particular patient. Because patients or their families may be overwhelmed with a new diagnosis, it is important that materials provided by the practitioner clearly outline the information that patients need to know.

For this Assignment, you will pretend that you are a contributing writer to a health blog. You are tasked with explaining important information about an assigned mental health disorder in language appropriate for child/adolescent patients and/or their caregivers.

In a 300- to 500-word blog post written for a patient and/or caregiver audience, explain signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals. Although you are not required to respond to colleagues, collegial discussion is welcome.

Review the FDA-approved use of the following medicines related to treating mood and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

Bipolar depression

Bipolar disorder

lurasidone (age 10–17)
olanzapine-fluoxetine combination (age 10–17)

aripiprazole (age 10–17) asenapine (for mania or mixed episodes, age 10–17) lithium (for mania, age 12–17) olanzapine (age 13–17) quetiapine (age 10–17) risperidone (age 10–17)

Generalized anxiety disorder

Depression

duloxetine (age 7–17)

escitalopram (age 12–17)
fluoxetine (age 8–17)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

clomipramine (age 10–17) fluoxetine (age 7–17) fluvoxamine (age 8–17) sertraline (age 6–17)