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Jacobsen (2024, p. 419) writes “The need for strategies to

A 14-year-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department by his parents. The parents reported that he has become increasingly irritable, angry, and suspicious in the past four weeks. The parents state that his personality has completely changed. He has not slept for seven nights and has been found by his teachers using his laptop under a lamppost to work on his schoolwork. He has become preoccupied with the belief that he is a boy genius with an important mission and is more clever than Albert Einstein. According to his parents, he appears to look depressed on and off for over a year. He denies any history of substance abuse or use of any kind. He also has weird behaviors according to parents. During the interview, the boy volunteers little information and is extremely agitated. He paces back and forth while muttering “there is no time for this.” Question At this time, what would you do? Question 21 options: Prescribe diazepam and follow up in 2 weeks Prescribe lithium carbonate on an outpatient basis and follow up in three months Prescribe a tricyclic antidepressant on an outpatient basis and follow up in one week Admit patient to a psychiatric hospital and treat with risperidone

 
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