Junior
Junior is a 14-year-old Hispanic, who was recently tested for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by a doctor. His parents (Diego and Francisca) become concerned when the school counselor tells that their son’s grades have dropped and he is having a hard time focusing. The doctor prescribes him dextroamphetamine, which Junior’s mother believes that he is misusing, after the doctor up the doses. He begins running out of medication before refills. His appearances begin to change for the worse, because of the weight loss. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) (2013) state adolescents that misuse stimulants may experience malnutrition, paranoia, and hostility. She fears that her son will harm her after she accused him for changing his medication with another medication,
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A counselor will incorporate informed consent that the counselor will explain to the parents and adolescents. Informed consent will include the parents allowing adolescents the opportunity to be included in explaining medications to adolescents that can understand between ages 12-18. For example, Junior mother fear that her son will cause her harm. Inform consent relates to issues that include harm to others, child protection, lawbreaking, and communicating for the good of the adolescents that is called catch-all (Foreman, 2006). In addition, the second issue is confidentiality. The counselor needs to build a trust relationship with the parents and adolescents with ADHD. For instance, the counselor needs to explain the medications effects and side effects to the parents and Junior. The APA (2013) believes culture may play a major role in ethical implications. In essence, adolescent behaviors may be different when it deals with attitudes concerns or clarification, which is less likely with African American and
Phillip Kmetz LA365 General Psychology May 8, 2016 Module 11 Case Study 1. “Kevin is a cheerful nine-year-old third grader who is brought to the outpatient clinic after the teacher at the private school he attends repeatedly called his mother about his worsening classroom behavior. His teacher described him as a likable and friendly youngster who always obeyed when spoken to but also repeatedly disrupted the class by his antics and could no longer be tolerated in the classroom. The teacher reported that he hummed and make noises under his breath, blurted out answers without raising his hand, and always tried to be first when the teacher asked a question, even though he often did not have the answer when called upon.
Is technology changing our brains for the better or for the worse? The human brain is a biological masterpiece and is the most advanced organ on the face of the planet. In Richard Restak’s essay “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era,” he speaks about how the advancements in technology in this modern era have affected the brain’s habits and functions. Multitasking is requiring the brain to change how it functions, its organizations, and efficiency throughout day-to-day tasks and is also enabling people to do things otherwise not possible. Within the past two decades, the amount of time we spend on using technology has increased by a large amount.
Obtaining parental consent prior to a one-on-one assessment with an adolescent
With the type of service that I work for the way that consent is obtained is through communication with the individuals care manager or funder who will complete an individual assessment, gain consent to share information with our service/ staff and will then forward this on to our service. Once we have received the referral with consent we will then arrange a date for a full assessment which will either be a face to face or telephone assessment where we will then discuss with the individual about consent, why we require consent and who information will be shared with. We will also explain that there are different levels of consent such as partial consent, this will be used for information relating to emergencies or to update family members
The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) sets out explicit rules and specifies when consent is required and who can give the consent when the client is incapable of doing so (College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), 2009). According to the HCCA (1996), there is no minimum age for providing or refusing consent in Ontario. A person is capable if he or she understands the information given that is relevant to making a decision concerning the treatment, and can appreciate the anticipated consequences of both accepting or declining a treatment. (Keatings
Informed consent is an important part of patient autonomy. Discuss how you inform your patient about implants and the potential risks / complications associated with implants. Our practice does not offer implant placement. We usually refer our patients to a specialist if they choose to get implant instead of a permanent bridge. My job is to inform the patient about the importance of immaculate homecare and the proper ways of caring for the implants after placement.
"We discovered that these students frame stimulant use as both physically harmless and morally acceptable," (Devon Frye, Additude Magazine). The primary way FDA works to prevent misuse and abuse is through educating patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. This often occurs through the information FDA provides to each of these groups, such as in drug labels, medication guides, and alerts. The FDA is trying to inform people of the risks and hazards, but there are still people who either don’t pay attention, or are not aware of these things. (Laurie Raymond, M.D., Physician Health
Faden and Beauchamp discuss two definitions of informed consent, which are labeled sense1 and sense2. First, sense1 informed consent is defined as “autonomous authorization”. (Vaughn, p. 191). The key aspect of sense1 is that the patient has the autonomy to consent, or refuse consent. Faden and Beauchamp state four defining characteristics of sense1 informed consent: complete understanding of the consent, individual desire for the consent, intent to consent, and authorizing consent.
De Bord (2014) states that children do not possess the decision-making capacity to provide informed consent. By definition, consent is given for an intervention for oneself; therefore parents are only providing informed permission or authorization (De Bord, 2014). In working with children, I am dealing more with assent. This assent takes many forms depending on the individual child’s developmental and/or cognitive level. This leads to two other elements of informed consent, understanding and disclosure.
I believe that our patients have many basic rights that must always be provided, and must always be upheld. Our ethical duty as healthcare professionals ensure that we must give our patients these basic rights so we can provide the highest level of care possible. These basic rights include, privacy, respect, and also patients should be given the opportunity to give informed consent, among many other things. First and foremost, our patients must always be provided with a high level of privacy. Privacy allows our patients to feel comfortable coming to our healthcare facility and not have to worry about their confidential medical information getting released to anyone from the outside.
Junior initially shows this quality when he averts his lack of money at the breakfast after the dance. Sick with worry, Junior confesses his lack of money to Roger, who responds with care by lending him money. Though Junior lies about the location of his wallet out of shame, he bravely asks for help from Roger. Thus, he approaches his dilemma with courage which indicates his capability to acclimate. Also, Junior reacts to the heartbreak of his grandmother’s death by finding an outlet to his struggles.
Informed consent. A.2.b. Types of information needed. A.4.a. Avoiding harm.
The specified medication involved in treating the disorder involves the application of ADHD stimulants meaning that if the drug is taken as prescribed by the medical doctor, the behavior and attention insignificance will be reduced remarkably. ADHD drugs are commonly abused by people through injection, insufflation, even rectal administration of the pills. Different research conducted has illustrated the illegal use of ADHD medication for their stimulating properties. Research indicates that students using the drug as a stimulant shows a positive increase in performance and cognitive skills (Vester, Brady and Galanter 78). Additionally, college students abusing the drug through using it as a stimulant state believe that the drug revives the body and the brain hence increase the ability to focus academically.
There is a lot of problems in junior's life. Junior gets bullied a lot, and he has to worry about his family dying from alcohol poisoning. There is a couple of good things that happen in Junior’s life. He gets on the basketball team and he gets a girlfriend. There is a lot of ways that junior can get the anger out from getting bullied.