First experience treating a toddler, school-aged child, or adolescent with a mood or anxiety disorder
Reflect on your first experience treating a toddler, school-aged child, or adolescent with a mood or anxiety disorder. Create a power point with 10-15 slides excluding introduction and conclusion
- Describe a clinical situation, in detail. (Who was it, when did it happen, what happened, what caused it to happen, where did it happen, how did it happen).
- What feelings, prejudices, and biases did you experience during the interview?
- How did you manage these anxieties, feelings, prejudices, and biases?
- What assumptions did you make about children or families with mental illness?
- What awareness did you develop during your clinical experience?
- Describe how you changed as a result of your clinical experience?
- Describe how will this clinical situation impact your advanced nursing practice?
Requirements: Power point 10-15 slides
Answer preview
vI diagnosed Maria with moderate depression via the criteria outlined by the DSM-5.
vMaria satisfied these criteria, considering she presented all the depressive symptoms outlined by the DSM-5.
vThe severity is based on the intensity or count of symptoms and the degree of impairment.
vI diagnosed Maria with moderate depression because although she experienced all the depressive symptoms outlined by the DSM-5 , she lacked a clear suicide plan and a clear intent or recent suicide attempt.
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