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Children and adolescents with schizophrenia have more difficulty functioning in academic or work settings, and significant impairment usually persists into adulthood. They may have speech or language disorders and in some cases borderline intellectual functioning. These individuals are more likely to complete suicide attempts or die from other accidental causes. Schizophrenia is characterized by positive and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, and behavior disturbance. Negative symptoms include blunted affect and attention, apathy, and lack of motivation and social interest.<\/p>\n
In this Assignment, you compare treatment plans for adults diagnosed with schizophrenia with treatment plans for children and adolescents diagnosed with schizophrenia<\/strong>. You also consider the legal and ethical issues involved in medicating children diagnosed with schizophrenia.<\/p>\n Learning Objectives<\/p>\n Students will:<\/p>\n To Prepare for this Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Assignment (2 pages):<\/strong><\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references.<\/p>\n Required Readings ( Need 3 references).<\/p>\n American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.)<\/em>. Washington, DC: Author.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Standard 10 \u201cQuality of Practice\u201d (pages 73-74)<\/p>\n American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders<\/em> (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00b7 \u201cSchizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders\u201d<\/p>\n Giles, L. L., & Martini, D. R. (2016). Challenges and promises of pediatric psychopharmacology. Academic Pediatrics, 16<\/em>(6), 508-518. doi:10.1016\/j.acap.2016.03.011<\/a><\/p>\n Hargrave, T. M., & Arthur, M. E. (2015). Teaching child psychiatric assessment skills: Using pediatric mental health screening tools. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 50<\/em>(1), 60-72.<\/a><\/p>\n McClellan, J., & Stock, S. (2013). Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with schizophrenia. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry<\/em>, 52<\/em>(9), 976\u2013990. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.jaacap.com\/article\/S0890-8567(13)00112-3\/pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock\u2019s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences\/clinical psychiatry <\/em>(11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Chapter 31, \u201cChild Psychiatry\u201d (pp. 1268\u20131283)<\/p>\n Stahl, S. M. (2014). Prescriber\u2019s Guide: Stahl\u2019s Essential Psychopharmacology <\/em>(5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \n \u00a0\u00a0 Assignment: Early Onset Schizophrenia Children and adolescents with schizophrenia have more difficulty functioning in academic or work settings, and significant impairment usually persists into adulthood. [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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