Psychotropic Medication and Youth in Foster Care Report

Psychotropic Medication and Youth in Foster Care Report
Released: 9/23/2010
Source: Tufts University
Newswise — The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) today issued a landmark report from a multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care.
Over the past decade, psychotropic medication use in the general youth population has more than doubled. Estimated rates of psychotropic medication use in foster care youth, however, are much higher (ranging from 13-52%) than those in the general youth population (4%).

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