Depression Assessment and Plan

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Discussed options including psychiatry/psychology available as well as school, family and/or other supports for counseling. Medication included today ***Insert medication prescribed*** with titration gradually depending on the response. [textarea name="patient name" default="insert patient name"] will be seen or communicate within a few weeks their progress. Risks, benefits, and side effects of medications were reviewed and discussed in detail including the black box warning about the potential for increased suicide risk among adolescents treated with these medications. Patient agreed to alert others and to seek help promptly if they would experience any intensification of their previous passive thoughts of life not being worth living. Patient agreed that the potential benefit from a medication trial outweighs the acknowledged risks."]