Mood Disorders by Joan Esherick

Author:Joan Esherick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: National Highlights Inc

When an adolescent’s moodiness crosses the line into a mood disorder, psychiatric medications may provide solutions.

Chapter Four

Drug Treatments

Thirteen-year-old Patrick Weaver (not his real name) stormed into the house, slammed the door, and with his backpack still slung over his shoulder, took the steps two-at-a-time to get to his room.

“Hi, honey,” his mother called as he rushed by.

He answered with silence.

“I don’t know, Frank,” Patrick’s mother confided to her husband later that evening. “Patrick’s just not himself lately. He’s not eating. He’s lost weight. He’s irritable all the time, and when he’s not angry, he’s sullen and withdrawn. All he does when he comes home from school is close himself off in that room. I even heard him muttering to himself in there earlier.”

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