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Assignment: Decision Tree

Assignment: Decision Tree

  

For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this weekàLearning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat pediatric clients presenting symptoms of a mental health disorder.

The Assignment:

Examine Case 2: 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 clientàdiagnosis 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. 
  •       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. 

                                                                  Case #2
                              Anxiety disorder, OCD, or something else? 

8-year-old black male

BACKGROUND

Tyrel is an 8-year-old black male who is brought in by his mother for a variety of psychiatric complaints. Shaquana, Tyrelàmother, reports that Tyrel has been exhibiting a lot of worry and ¥rvousness/ver the past 2 months. She states that she notices that he has been quite åyed up!nd spends a great deal of time worrying about årms. he states that he is constantly washing his hands because he feels as though he is going to get sick like he did a few weeks ago, which kept him both out of school and off the playground. He was also not able to see his father for two weekends because of being sick. Shaquana explains that although she and her ex-husband Desmond divorced about 2 years ago, their divorce was amicable and they both endeavor to see that Tyrel is well cared for. 

Shaquana reports that Tyrel is irritable at times and has also had some sleep disturbances (which she reports as 2ouble staying asleepn She reports that he has been more and more difficult to get to school as he has become nervous around his classmates. He has missed about 8 days over the course of the last 3 weeks. He has also stopped playing with his best friend from across the street. 

His mother reports that she feels ¥sponsible&or his current symptoms. She explains that after he was sick with strep throat a few weeks ago, she encouraged him to be more careful about washing his hands after playing with other children, handling things that did not belong to him, and especially before eating. She continues by saying aybe if I didn make such a big deal about it, he would not be obsessed with germs.®bsp;

Per Shaquana, her pregnancy with Tyrel was uncomplicated, and Tyrel has met all developmental milestones on time. He has had an uneventful medical history and is current on all immunizations. 

OBJECTIVE

During your assessment of Tyrel, he seems cautious being around you. He warms a bit as you discuss school, his friends at school, and what he likes to do. He admits that he has been feeling ¥rvous,ately, but when you question him as to why, he simply shrugs his shoulders. 

When you discuss his handwashing with him, he tells you that !ndwashing is the best way to keep from getting sick. hen you question him how many times a day he washes his hands, he again shrugs his shoulders. You can see that his bilateral hands are dry. Throughout your assessment, Tyrel reveals that he has been thinking of how dirty his hands are; and no matter how hard he tries to stop thinking about his )rty(ands, he is unable to do so. He reports that he gets ¥ally nervous!nd ãared4hat he will get sick, and that the only way to make himself feel better is to wash his hands. He reports that it does work for a while and that he feels ¥tter!fter he washes his hands, but then a little while later, he will begin thinking )d I wash my hands well enough? What if I missed an area? e reports that he can feel himself getting more and more ãared5ntil he washes his hands again. 

MENTAL STATUS EXAM

Tyrel is alert and oriented to all spheres. Eye contact varies throughout the clinical interview. He reports his mood as ïod,!dmits to anxiety. Affect consistent to self-reported mood. He denies visual/auditory hallucinations. No overt delusional or paranoid thought processes were apparent. He denies suicidal ideation. 

Lab studies obtained from Tyrelàpediatric nurse practitioner were all within normal parameters. An antistreptolysin O antibody titer was obtained for reasons you are unclear of, and this titer was shown to be above normal parameters. 

                                                         Decision Point One

BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE SCENARIO ABOVE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSES WOULD THE PMHNP GIVE TO TYREL?

In your write-up of this case, be certain to link specific symptoms presented in the case to DSM`criteria to support your diagnosis.

 

                                 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

                                 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

                                 Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections ( NDAS|/a>

 ANSWER CHOSEN: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 

                                                               Decision Point Two

BASED ON THE ABOVE IN FORMATION, SELECT YOUR NEXT ACTION. BE CERTAIN TO DISCUSS THE RATIONALE FOR YOUR DECISION.

     

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-red.pngBegin Zoloft 50 mg orally daily

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-blue.pngBegin Fluvoxamine immediate release 25 mg orally at bedtime

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-yellow.pngBegin Fluvoxamine controlled release 100 mg orally in the morning

  

ANSWER CHOSENhttps://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-blue.pngBegin Fluvoxamine immediate release 25  

                                                  mg orally at bedtime 

    

         RESULTS OF DECISION POINT TWO

 Client returns to clinic in four weeks

Upon return to the clinic, Tyrelàmother reported that he has had some  

  decrease in his symptoms. She states that the frequency of the handwashing 

  has decreased, and Tyrel seems a bit more ¥laxed/verall.

 She also reports that Tyrel has not fully embraced returning to school, but that  

  his attendance has improved. She reported that over this past weekend, Tyrel    

  went outside to play with his friend from across the street, which he has not  

 done in a while.

 

                                                          Decision Point Three

BASED ON THE ABOVE INFORMATION, SELECT YOUR NEXT ACTION. BE CERTAIN TO DISCUSS THE RATIONALE FOR YOUR DECISION.

  

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-red.pngIncrease Fluvoxamine to 50 mg orally at bedtime

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-blue.pngAugment with an atypical antipsychotic such as Abilify

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-yellow.pngAugment treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy

ANSWER CHOSEN:  https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6660/05/mm/decision_tree/img/pill-red.pngIncrease Fluvoxamine to 50 mg orally at 

                                                     bedtime

Guidance to Student 

In terms of an actual diagnosis, the childàmain symptoms are most consistent with obsessive-compulsive disorder. There may also be an element of social phobia developing, but at this point, the PMHNP has not assessed the nature of the school avoidance(at is, why is the child avoiding school. Notice that nothing in the scenario tells us that the PMHNP has assessed this.

Fluvoxamine immediate release is FDA-approved for the treatment of OCD in children aged 8 years and older. Fluvoxamineàsigma-1 antagonist properties may cause sedation and as such, it should be dosed in the evening/bedtime.

At this point, it would be appropriate to consider increasing the bedtime dose, especially since the child is responding to the medication and there are no negative side effects.

Atypical antipsychotics are typically not used in the treatment of OCD. There is also nothing to tell us that an atypical antipsychotic would be necessary (e.g., no psychotic symptoms). Additionally, the child seems to be responding to the medication, so there is no rationale as to why an atypical antipsychotic would be added to the current regimen.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the psychotherapy of choice for treating OCD. The PMHNP should augment medication therapy with CBT. If further assessment determines that Tyrel has social anxiety disorder, CBT is effective in treating this condition as well.

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadockàsynopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.  Chapter      31, èild Psychiatry(pp. 1253r68)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author  nxiety Disorders/p>

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). (2012a). Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(1), 98q3. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(11)00882-3/pdf 

McClelland, M., Crombez, M-M., Crombez, C., Wenz, C., Lisius, M., Mattia, A., & Marku, S. (2015). Implications for advanced practice nurses when pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) is suspected: A qualitative study. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 29(5), 44252. doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2015.03.005

Stahl, S. M. (2014). PrescriberàGuide: StahlàEssential Psychopharmacology (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

To access information on the following medications, click on The PrescriberàGuide, 5th Ed. tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate medication.

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