Compare and contrast considerations for prescribing psychiatric medications to child/adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.

DB1:

Compare and contrast considerations for prescribing psychiatric medications to child/adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations. (250 words). Please provide 2 references peer review article within 5 years of publications.

DB2:

1. Please reflect on the Mental Status Examination (MSE) in Chapter 10 of Diagnosis Made Easier. Choose one of the diagnoses you are learning from this week and relate it to the MSE. (Mood disorders).
2. What types of abnormalities would you find on the MSE or other parts of the H&P if you were considering Major Depressive Disorder, for example?
3. To continue this thought process, What types of behaviors would you look for? Would they be different in a kid verses an adult? Anything you would not expect to find?

(250 words)- Please provide 2 references peer review article within 5 years of publications.