Explain your diagnosis for the patient, including your rationale for the diagnosis.Describe an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.

Case study

Write a 1-page paper that addresses the following:

Explain your diagnosis for the patient, including your rationale for the diagnosis.

Describe an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.

Justify why you would recommend this drug therapy plan for this patient. Be specific and provide examples.

What are the family dynamics for this patient and how does it affect the mental status of this child.

 

[Revision] ER follow up with Dx Dissociative Disorder”. A 14-year-old female African American

OUTCOME AND FOLLOW-UP

LEARNING POINTS (3-5 bullet points outlining key learning in this case.)
Strengths and deficits of Write Up

REFERENCES (APA 6 formatting, current within past 10 years.)
Child

Include in your assessment a work-up and/or questions for child specific disorders. What diagnostic tests/screening tools would you use for the child?

Include in your treatment plan specific types of therapy that are used when working with children.

Address in your narrative how family structure and dynamics affects the diagnosis and treatment of children.

What are the family dynamics for this patient and how does it affect the mental status of this child.

What developmental stage should the child be in based on chronological age and is the child in that stage?

Address parenting styles that you observed with your patient and the family and whether these were working or not working.

How does culture affect the diagnosis and treatment plan for this child?