Workshop report: Workshop on psychiatric prescribing and psychology testing and intervention in children and adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Bouquillon, L., Bindman, D., Hendriksen, J., Collin, P., Hoskin, J., Conn, R., Geagan, C. and Quinlivan, R. 2024. Workshop report: Workshop on psychiatric prescribing and psychology testing and intervention in children and adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Research Ideas and Outcomes. 10 (Art. e119243). https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e119243
Authors | Bouquillon, L., Bindman, D., Hendriksen, J., Collin, P., Hoskin, J., Conn, R., Geagan, C. and Quinlivan, R. |
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Abstract | This workshop aimed at summarising knowledge and key issues in psychiatric prescribing and psychological testing in children and adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). It comprised clinicians and patient representatives from the UK and the Netherlands. The following topics were discussed: a model for capturing the range of non-motor problems in the domains of cognition, learning, emotion and behaviour; psychosocial screening tools for use with children and adults; assessing neurocognitive functioning in children and adults; parent and teacher perspectives on psychosocial needs; and psychopharmacological treatment for affective disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and insomnia. Some key considerations included: the need for tools used to assess behavioural and psychosocial functioning to consider motor aspects in DMD; to understand more about working memory performance; the need for early interventions for automatisation problems, which affect reading and arithmetic; appropriate selection of tests for neuropsychology assessments; in schools, acknowledging the range of psychosocial risks and gathering evidence of psychosocial needs; the suitability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for mood and anxiety disorders; the use of stimulant medications for ADHD; melatonin use for insomnia; the cautious use of benzodiazepines; and the need for improving pathways for psychosocial care. |
Journal | Research Ideas and Outcomes |
Journal citation | 10 (Art. e119243) |
ISSN | 2367-7163 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Pensoft Publishers |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e119243 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Feb 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Feb 2024 |
Copyright holder | © 2024, The Authors |
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