Children in Foster Care and Psychotropic Medications … Monitoring Is Not Enough

NAMI Blog: Children in Foster Care and Psychotropic Medications … Monitoring Is Not Enough:

NAMI recently prepared a statement for a Senate hearing examining the use of psychotropic medication for children in foster care. NAMI is pleased that the Senate is looking closely at this issue and that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on the issue. The GAO report calls for states to more closely monitor the prescribing of psychotropic medications for children in foster care. This is a critical first step, but is not enough.