How would you address this psychiatric emergency

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You are a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner employed in an outpatient community counseling center. Shortly before you leave for the day, you receive a phone call from the father of a new 13-year-old client, that you began seeing who informs you that the client is experiencing violent behaviors. How would you address this psychiatric emergency? What is the follow-up management and treatment for this adolescent? What are the ways psychotherapy methods are different with children and adolescents as opposed to adults? What are the legal and ethical principles integrated into the care of this patient?

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