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In the juvenile population with a mental health condition (P), what are the effects of continuous outpatient support (I), compared to inconsistent outpatient support (C), on quality of life (O) over a 90-day period (T)?

• P (population or patients): The population in the study are juvenile patients under the age of 18 with a mental health condition.

• I (intervention, influence, or exposure): Outpatient support (primary care physician, psychologist, therapist, counsellors, and/or prescribed medication).

• C (comparison): Consistent outpatient support versus inconsistent outpatient support.

• O (outcomes): Quality of life (has increased or decreased).

• T (time): Over a 90-day period.

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Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

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Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

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This is the scholarly nursing journal that I would choose to submit my manuscript to.

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The population in my PICOT are juvenile patients under the age of 18 with a mental health condition. This scholarly nursing journal focuses on juvenile mental health and psychiatric care.The audience of readers are clinical nurses, clinical healthcare professionals, educators, and researchers that have a focus in juvenile mental health and psychiatric care. This journal would be appropriate to submit my manuscript to because the author guidelines state that one of the topics of interest is original research with evidence based projects that results in service innovation on an inpatient child/adolescent unit or outpatient service model. My manuscript would provide research findings of the effects of continuous and inconsistent outpatient support of the juvenile population with a mental health condition. It fits the criteria of original research with an evidence based project that observes and compares the outpatient (consistent versus inconsistent) care received.

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Another reason why this journal would be appropriate is because the author guidelines state that the topic of interest is a manuscript that is a voice for child/adolescent mental wellness: mental health promotion and mental illness prevention, factors impacting the delivery of care to children and adolescents by APNs, access to care issues and clinical practice, and regulation and policy effect on practice and delivery of care. My PICOT matches the above criteria outlined by the author guidelines because my research study is trying to identify any correlation between the consistency of outpatient care received, and how this could affect the quality of life in the juvenile population (under the age of 18) with a mental health condition.

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A case study should include background literature on the core issue as well as the treatment or resolution of the case issue.

Providing background literature on the core issue may be challenging for my manuscript because the cohort being studied is a juvenile population receiving consistent and inconsistent outpatient care with a mental health condition, and most of the published research in this area of study is related to mental health issues in the adult population, and juvenile offenders with mental illness. This would make it challenging to provide context to my core issue.

The resolution of the case issue would be difficult to write because I would have to consider if my resolution would be tangible. A proposed resolution would be dependent on the willingness of the hospital administration to make changes, receiving proper government funding, medical insurance reimbursement policies, and patient population (juvenile patient and family/support system) to collectively comply with my proposed resolution. The likelihood of this happening is low because all parties would have to collectively work together.

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Clinical and case study articles should focus on one particular clinical issue. If a case study, authors must have obtained permission to use the case.

The requirements of a manuscript in a clinical, and case study articles are to focus on one particular clinical issue. As a researcher, remaining focused on one particular clinical issue could become challenging when collecting new data research results. It would be hard to remain focused on just one clinical issue and not react to other clinical issues discovered during the research process. Also, if additional clinical issues are introduced, it could then become problematic to publishing my manuscript.

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved authorization form would need to be signed by the patient's parents or legal guardians, and the outpatient providers (hospitals, medical clinics, and private practices) prior to the study beginning. Having the resources to have all these authorization forms signed could become time consuming and costly.