Assignment: Practicum: Decision Tree  Childhood psychosis is extremely rare; however, children that present with psychosis must be carefully assessed and evaluated with appropriate interviewing of parent, child, and use of assessment tools. For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat clients presenting with early onset schizophrenia. Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate clients      for treatment of mental health disorders Analyze      decisions made throughout diagnosis and treatment of clients with mental      health disorders The Assignment: Examine Case 3 : ( Case study in required media below) 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 client’s diagnosis 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.  Required Readings American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. · “Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Diso.

1. Assignment: Practicum: Decision Tree
Childhood psychosis is extremely rare; however, children that
present with psychosis must be carefully assessed and evaluated
with appropriate interviewing of parent, child, and use of
assessment tools.
For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in
this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess
and treat clients presenting with early onset schizophrenia.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Evaluate clients for treatment of mental health disorders
Analyze decisions made throughout diagnosis and treatment
of clients with mental health disorders
The Assignment:
Examine
Case 3
:
( Case study in required media below)
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
client’s diagnosis and treatment.

2. 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?

3. 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.
Required Readings
American Psychiatric Association. (2013).
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

4. · “Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders”
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
,
52
(9), 976–990. Retrieved from
http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(13)00112-3/pdf
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2017b).
A young girl with strange behaviors
[Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.