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Millions of children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with a wide variety of DSM-5 diagnoses. As a result, psychotherapy and psychotropic medications are widely used in the treatment of mental illness among this patient population. PMHNPs are among the psychiatric providers who are available to meet the psychiatric mental health needs of children and adolescents and their families. In your initial post, address the following questions.
- When is it appropriate to prescribe psychotropic medications for child and adolescent clients? When should caution be taken when prescribing for these patients?
- What can be done to increase the use of psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and their families?
- What are some of the unique needs of the child/adolescent patient population when it comes to both prescribing psychotropic medication and providing psychotherapy?
Utilize these articles and please use as references:
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. (2012, February). A guide for community child serving agencies on psychotropic medication for children and adolescents (PDF).http://www.aacap.org/app_themes/aacap/docs/press/guide_for_community_child_serving_agencies_on_psychotropic_medications_for_children_and_adolescents_2012.pdf
Anderson, L. E., Chen, M. L., Perrin, J. M., & Van Cleave, J. (2015) Outpatient visits and medication prescribing for US children with mental health conditions. Pediatrics, 136(5), e1178–e1185.https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/5/e1178
Hieber, R. (2013). Toolbox: Psychotropic medications approved in children and adolescents. Mental Health Clinician, 2(11), 344–346.http://mhc.cpnp.org/doi/full/10.9740/mhc.n145473?code=cpnp-site
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