Scope of Practice: Mental Health Practitioner

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Mental Health Practitioner scope of practice, as defined by the educational and regulatory bodies of the profession, includes:

• Low mood/withdrawal from activities 
• Down Syndrome Regression Disorder 
• Depression 
• Obsessive compulsive thinking 
• Anxiety  
• Selective mutism 
• Inter-personal relationship challenges (family dynamics) 
• Parent stress 
• Stress 
• Irritability 
• Fantasy life/ overactive imagination