Based on the beginning letter of your last name, you are seeing the following patient who has just been diagnosed with a mood disorder:
Last Name A–C: Falcon, a 6-year-old boy with early onset bipolar disorder type 1.
Create a treatment plan for your assigned person and include at least two peer-review articles.
Address the following:
What medication(s) would you start them on? Include the name of the drug; starting dose; titration schedule; targeted maintenance dose, route, and frequency; and FDA indicated use, and whether your choice is off label. Why did you choose this medication?
Initial labs or other tests such as EKG, height/weight, and vital signs.
What type of psychotherapy or counseling would you recommend for them?
Post your original response by the end of Day 3. Then, by the end of Day 6, respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts, including at least one with the same patient and one with a different patient.
If you copy and paste references from the course into your assignment, be sure to confirm APA formatting before submitting.
Please Note
You will not be able to delete or revise a post after you submit it. It would be in your best interest to spend a couple of minutes reviewing your post before submitting.
You will not be able to see anyone else’s posts until you post first. As soon as you submit a post, you will be able to view everyone else’s posts.
Also, Create to responses to PEERS
Based on the beginning letter of your last name, you are seeing the following patient who has just been diagnosed with a mood disorder: Last Name A–C: Falcon, a 6-year-old boy with early onset bipolar disorder type 1. Create a treatment plan for your assigned person and include at least two peer-review articles. Address the following: What medication(s) would you start them on? Include the name of the drug; starting dose; titration schedule; targeted maintenance dose, route, and frequency; and FDA indicated use, and whether your choice is off label. Why did you choose this medication? Initial labs or other t