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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Parent

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There are many mental disorders that occur early in the life course.
The DSM-5 describes neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism
spectrum disorder and ADHD and disruptive, impulse-control, and
conduct disorders, such as oppositional defiant disorder and conduct
disorder. These disorders are examined together with a particular
emphasis on comparing and contrasting presenting features.
Diagnosis of these various conditions can rarely be made in a single
office setting and often require a comprehensive approach involving
multiple stakeholders, including the child, as well as his or her parents,
teachers, and other significant figures in the child’s life and mental
health professionals, such as psychologists who can conduct
comprehensive neuropsychological testing.

The PMHNP must coordinate and integrate several sources of


information to arrive at an accurate diagnosis of these disorders. Early
and accurate diagnosis is essential to developing an effective
treatment plan, which will have the potential to minimize the impact of
these disorders on the child’s developmental trajectory. When one
considers appropriate diagnosis from this perspective, the importance
of diagnostic accuracy becomes quite apparent. Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder Parent Guide.
This week, you begin exploring disorders that occur early in the life
course by working with your group to develop a Parent Guide. You
also examine a case to determine a differential diagnosis and
treatment plan that incorporates both psychotherapy and
psychopharmacology.

Assignment

: Using evidence-based research, design and develop a Parent Guide


for your assigned disorder including

: How the disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is


diagnosed

Provide a minimum of three academic references Attention Deficit


Hyperactivity Disorder Parent Guide

                                                        Learning Resources

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s


synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry  (11th
ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

 Chapter 3, “Contributions of the Sociocultural      Sciences” (pp.


131–150)

 Chapter      31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1152–1181, 1244–1253)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical


manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

 “Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
o “Intellectual Disabilities”

o “Communication Disorders”

 “Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders”

Volkmar, F., Siegel, M., Woodbury-Smith, M., King, B., McCracken, J., &
State, M. (2014). Practice parameter for the assessment and
treatment of children and adolescents with autism spectrum
disorder.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry, 53(2), 237–257. Retrieved from
http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(13)00819-8/pdf

Stahl, S. M. (2014). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential


Psychopharmacology  (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University
Press.

To access information on the following medications, click on The


Prescriber’s Guide, 5th Ed. tab on the Stahl Online website and select
the appropriate medication.

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