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How do you handle child/adolescent patients on the inpatient unit who have developed medication-seeking behaviors as a primary way of coping with distress?

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Psychiatry · Duke University

This question can be interpreted in several ways, but here it is taken to mean a pediatric inpatient who repeatedly seeks medications for psychological distress instead of engaging in psychotherapeutic work or other coping strategies. And not including chronic pain patients. In this context, the aim...

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