Week 5: Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Reminders for WEEK 5:
· Required Readings & Media
· Assignment: Patient Education for Children and Adolescents
· To Prepare
· By Day 1, your Instructor will assign a mood or anxiety disorder diagnosis for you to use for this Assignment.
· Assignments: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· Medication: duloxetine (age 7–17)
· Research signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.
· The Assignment – In a 300- to 500-word blog post written for a patient and/or caregiver audience, explain signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.