Psychiatric interviewing with a toddler, school-aged child, or adolescent.

Create a 10-15 (excluding introduction and reference page) power point reflect on your first experience conducting a psychiatric interviewing with a toddler, school-aged child, or adolescent.

• 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). Describing the clinical experience should take less than 3 minutes. Discussing your reflection should take 3-5 minutes.
• 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?

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vMental illness is a significant public health concern.

vAn estimated 20% of adolescents in the country have a diagnosable mental health disorder.

vA silver lining is that the mental health sensitization initiatives being rolled out across the country appear to be working.

This is because more and more adolescents are seeking mental health service

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