This podcast covers an approach to dealing with challenging behavior and mood changes in adolescents.  Topics include, situations when confidentiality may be broken, variations laws regarding consent between states in the US and provinces and territories in Canada, medical conditions that cause agitation and moodiness in adolescents, and situations where drug screening is appropriate in adolescents. This podcast was developed by Nicole Fledderman, a medical student at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) and Dr. Priscilla Woodhams, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at WMed. 

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