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PSY 270 Week 5 Assignment 5

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I had all of the diagnosis. The only thing that I did not have was increasing the medication from 10mg to 20mg. I just decided to go up to 15mg. AAP guidelines state that all criterial of DSM-IV are met and all other causes are ruled out. Information should be collected from parents, teachers and possibly other mental health professionals. If the patient has multiple teachers, then at least 2 teachers should fill out paper work. Evaluation should include possible coexisting conditions. These conditions include anxiety, depressive disorders, tics, and sleep disturbances. This is a chronic condition and patients should receive behavior therapy with medication administration (Hauk, 2013). I would ask about any sleep issues. He could be suffering from insomnia. …show more content…

He was diagnosed by a child psychiatrist. I learned a lot from him. He did not want his patients to have drug holidays. This is because by the time that you finish summer, then you place them back on medication and it could take until December to have them regulated. Then he noticed that these on these patients the dose had to keep being increased every year. He states that in the patients that do not have drug holidays they were on less dosages of medication. Another thing that I really liked that you said his medication might have to be changed. This is so true, often medications react differently in children. They may not do well on one medication and you change the medication and it makes all the difference. The goal is to provide the maximum benefit with the least degree of side effects. This is why it is so important to evaluate the patient each month until grades are improved, focus is being met, and there is improvement. Thank you for your case study! I really have a passion for patients with AD/HD because I have a child that suffers from this condition. It is amazing how one little pill can make a child focus and be able to learn like the rest of his

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