Assignment: Childhood psychosis
Assignment: Childhood psychosis Assignment: Childhood psychosis Childhood psychosis is extremely rare; however, children that present with psychosis must be carefully assessed and evaluated with appropriate interviewing of parent, child, and use of assessment tools. Assignment: Childhood psychosis For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this weeks Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat clients presenting with early onset schizophrenia. Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate clients for treatment of mental health disorders Analyze decisions made throughout diagnosis and treatment of clients with mental health disorders The Assignment: Examine Case 3: You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this client. Be sure to consider co-morbid physical as well as mental factors that might impact the clients diagnosis and treatment. At each Decision Point, stop to complete the following: Decision #1: Differential Diagnosis Which Decision did you select? Why did you select this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources. What were you hoping to achieve by making this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources. Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the Decision. Why were they different? Decision #2: Treatment Plan for Psychotherapy Why did you select this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources. What were you hoping to achieve by making this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources. Assignment: Childhood psychosis Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the Decision. Why were they different? Decision #3: Treatment Plan for Psychopharmacology Why did you select this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources. What were you hoping to achieve by making this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources. Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different? Also include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and communication with clients and their families. Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of three academic resources. While you may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource requirement. BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 10 Submit your Assignment. Assignment: Childhood psychosis I cant believe he is speaking to me! I have always liked his music, but now here he is on TV speaking directly to me! When I started following him on social media, he must have seen my profile. I know he loves me. He cannot love that model I saw with him in the picture. She must be the person following me to school. I have not seen her, but I know she is there. She does not want me being with him, but I will be with him. He loves me as much as I love him. Kaitlyn, age 17 Early-onset schizophrenia is a rare and severe mental illness in which children interpret reality abnormally. There are a range of problems with cognitive functioning, behavior, and emotions. Perceptions may be distorted and children or their parents may report that they have difficulty distinguishing reality. This is a diagnosis that is difficult to confirm in the early stages. This week, you compare evidence-based treatment plans for adults versus children diagnosed with schizophrenia. You analyze the legal and ethical issues involved with forcing patients with early-onset schizophrenia to take medications for the disorder. You also complete a Decision Tree concerning children with psychotic disorders. Assignment: Childhood psychosis Learning Resources Note: To access this weeks required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. REQUIRED READINGS American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.) . Washington, DC: Author. Standard 10 Quality of Practice (pages 73-74) Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadocks synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 31, Child Psychiatry (pp. 12681283) American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders McClellan, J., & Stock, S. (2013). Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with schizophrenia. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , 52 (9), 976990. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(13)00112- Giles, L. L., & Martini, D. R. (2016). Challenges and promises of pediatric psychopharmacology. Academic Pediatrics, 16 (6), 508-518. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2016.03.011 Hargrave, T. M., & Arthur, M. E. (2015). Teaching child psychiatric assessment skills: Using pediatric mental health screening tools. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 50 (1), 60-72. Stahl, S. M. (2014). Prescribers Guide: Stahls Essential Psychopharmacology (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Note: All Stahl resources can be accessed through the Walden Library using the link. This link will take you to a login page for the Walden Library. Once you log in to the library, the Stahl website will appear. To access information on the following medications, click on The Prescribers Guide, 5th Ed. tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate medication. Assignment: Childhood psychosis Review the following medications: Schizoaffective disorder Schizophrenia amisulpride aripiprazole asenapine carbamazepine (adjunct) chlorpromazine clozapine cyamemazine flupenthixol haloperidol iloperidone lamotrigine (adjunct) l-methylfolate (adjunct) loxapine lurasidone mesoridazine molindone olanzapine paliperidone perospirone perphenazine pipothiazine quetiapine risperidone sertindole sulpiride thioridazine thiothixene trifluoperazine valproate (divalproex) (adjunct) ziprasidone zotepine zuclopenthixol amisulpride aripiprazole asenapine carbamazepine (adjunct) chlorpromazine clozapine cyamemazine flupenthixol haloperidol iloperidone lamotrigine (adjunct) l-methylfolate (adjunct) loxapine lurasidone mesoridazine molindone olanzapine paliperidone perospirone perphenazine pipothiazine quetiapine risperidone sertindole sulpiride thioridazine thiothixene trifluoperazine valproate (divalproex) (adjunct) ziprasidone zotepine zuclopenthixol Note: Many of these medications are FDA approved for adults only. Some are FDA approved for disorders in children and adolescents. Many are used off label for the disorders examined in this week. As you read the Stahl drug monographs, focus your attention on FDA approvals for children/adolescents (including ages for which the medication is approved, if applicable) and further note which drugs are off label. REQUIRED MEDIA Laureate Education (Producer). (2017b). A young girl with strange behaviors [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. OPTIONAL RESOURCES Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutters child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell. Chapter 57, Schizophrenia and Psychosis (pp. 774794) Case #3 A young girl with strange behaviors BACKGROUND Carrie is a 13-year-old Hispanic female who is brought to your office today by her mother and father. They report that they were referred to you by their primary care provider after seeking her advice because Carries behavior has been difficult to manage and they dont know what to do. SUBJECTIVE Carries parents report that they have concerns about her behavior, which they describe as sometimes not normal for a 13-year-old. They notice that she talks to people who arent real. Her behavior is calm and passive. Her parents noted that when she was younger, she was irritable at times, but have noticed that this has given way to passivity. Her parents state that they understand that its normal for younger children to have imaginary friends, but they feel that at Carries age, she should have grown out of these behaviors. Carries parents report that she has friends that are half-cat and half-human, and spirits who speak with her in her head. She also reports that the people on television know when she is home and that they have certain shows just for her. Carries parents report that they have taken her to her pediatrician who has given her a clean bill of health. Carries parents note that they had some early concerns as she was lagging in meeting developmental milestones. Initially, when she first started school, Carrie managed to keep up with her peers in terms of academic performance, but she was noticed by her teachers to be isolative. It was also noted by her teachers and guidance counselor that Carries social skills do not seem to match what they see in other children her age. Initially the school counselor suspected that Carrie may have been suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (primarily inattentive type), but now is not certain and has recommended a psychiatric evaluation. Her grades were ok in school up until last year when she left junior high school, and entered high school, where the academic demands began to increase. Carries teachers had wanted to hold her back a grade, but her parents acknowledge that they were insistent that this did not happen. Now they are describing some regrets over this as Carrie seems more lost than ever in her schoolwork. Carries mother produced a copy of a paper that Carrie had to submit as a homework assignment. You attempt to read the assignment, but there does not appear to be any clarity to the work, and it can best be described as a hodge-podge of thoughts and ideas. Carries parents want you to know that although they are concerned about Carrie, they are opposed to giving her medications that would turn her into a zombie. Carries mother also confides that her husbands grandfather spent a few years in the nut house. When you probe further, she began crying and said, He was schizophrenic what if Carrie is schizophrenic? During your interview with Carrie, she seems pleasant, but somewhat distant. When you ask her about her friends at school, she shrugs her shoulders and says, I dont really have any. I dont like those people. You inquire if she is sad or upset that she doesnt like them, to which she states no, why should I be? I guess they would be friends with me if I asked, but Im not interested. I could make them be my friends if I wanted, but I dont but if I wanted them to, all that I have to do is make up my mind that they will be my friend and they would have to. When you ask Carrie if she believes that she can control the thoughts of others with her mind, she puts her index finger up to her mouth and looks toward the door. My mom gets upset when I talk about these things. I try not to think about them either because if she is close enough, she could read my thoughts and they upset her. She may think that Im into witchcraft or something. When you ask Carrie about the homework assignment that you read, she explains that her teacher is just miserable. She doesnt understand how I thinkI think high, she just cant get it. OBJECTIVE The client is a 13-year-old Hispanic female client who appears appropriately developed for her age. She is dressed appropriately for the current weather, and ambulates with a steady upright gait. She does not appear to be demonstrating any noteworthy mannerisms, gestures, or tics. No psychomotor agitation/retardation apparent. MENTAL STATUS EXAM Carries is alert and oriented × 4 spheres. Her speech is clear, coherent, goal directed, and spontaneous. Carrie self-reports her mood as good. However, her affect does appear somewhat constricted. Her eye contact is minimal throughout the clinical interview and at times, Carrie seems preoccupied. Carrie is oriented to person, place, and time. She endorses hearing and seeing strange things that I talk to. They dont scare me; they come to see me from another world. No overt paranoia is appreciated. She does report delusions of reference (she believes that the people on TV play programs just for her and at times, television commercials were designed to tell her what to do), as well as other delusional thoughts (as described above). Carrie denies any suicidal or homicidal ideation. At this point, please discuss any additional diagnostic tests you would perform on Carrie. Decision Point One BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE SCENARIO ABOVE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSES WOULD THE PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER (PMHNP) GIVE TO CARRIE? In your write-up of this case, be certain to link specific symptoms presented in the case to DSM5 criteria to support your diagnosis. Early Onset Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder Get a 10 % discount on an order above $ 100 Use the following coupon code : NURSING10
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