Dysthymia Depression in Children
This should be done in next 11 hours
Mood disorders can impact every facet of a child’s life, making the
most basic activities difficult for clients and their families. This was
the case for 13-year-old Kara, who was struggling at home and at
school. For more than 8 years, Kara suffered from temper
tantrums, impulsiveness, inappropriate behavior, difficulty in
judgment, and sleep issues. As a psychiatric mental health nurse
practitioner working with pediatric clients, you must be able to
assess whether these symptoms are caused by psychological,
social, or underlying growth and development issues. You must
then be able recommend appropriate therapies.
This week, as you examine antidepressant therapies, you explore
the assessment and treatment of pediatric clients with mood
disorders. You also consider ethical and legal implications of
these therapies.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood
Disorder
When pediatric clients present with mood disorders, the process
of assessing, diagnosing, and treating them can be quite complex.
Children not only present with different signs and symptoms than
adult clients with the same disorders, but they also metabolize
medications much differently. As a result, psychiatric mental
health nurse practitioners must exercise caution when prescribing
psychotropic medications to these clients. For this Assignment, as

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