Patient Education About Bipolar Disorder

PATIENT EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Patient education is an effective tool in supporting compliance and treatment for a diagnosis. It is important to consider effective ways to educate patients and their families about a diagnosis—such as coaching, brochures, or videos—and to recognize that the efficacy of any materials may differ based on the needs and learning preferences of a particular patient. Because patients or their families may be overwhelmed with a new diagnosis, it is important that materials provided by the practitioner clearly outline the information that patients need to know.

For this Assignment, you will pretend that you are a contributing writer to a health blog. You are tasked with explaining important information about an assigned mental health disorder in language appropriate for child/adolescent patients and/or their caregivers. 

In a 300- to 500-word blog post written for a patient and/or caregiver audience, explain signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.
Although you are not required to respond to colleagues, collegial discussion is welcome. 

Please choose one of these disorders below for week 5 Assignment depending on last name

 Group 2. Last name starting with letter M through Z

• Major Depressive Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder   

Remember you have to research treatments for children/adolescents with these disorders. Regarding community resources and referrals, do not just name them, but describe the services they provide.

Points to keep in mind:

You need a title page and a reference page. All assignments should follow APA guidelines. Please refer to your APA manual or the Writing Center at the university. Points will be deducted automatically for late submissions, unless received prior approval from the professor. Read your Turnitin report and revise your work if needed. Assignments with high originality score and highlighted contents that match the score will receive huge grade reduction. If you use AI, you are required to provide citations along with input and output information.