Paediatrics · Explanation & counselling

ADHD medicine counselling

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are an intern in the paediatric clinic. Darcy Abbott, 8, has ADHD. Behavioural strategies have helped partly. His father Rhys has agreed with the paediatrician to start long-acting methylphenidate 18 mg each morning.

  1. Counsel Darcy's father on methylphenidate and agree a plan

  • You do not need to take a history or examine the child

Clinic measurements

Height 25th centile; weight 10th centile. Cardiac history and exam normal.

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