Thursday, June 12, 2014

Congress Asks Why Foster Children Take More Mental Health Meds Than Other Kids

Congress Asks Why Foster Children Take More Mental Health Meds Than Other Kids | TakePart:

Advocates say pills are being prescribed to kids in the system too often.

Foster children are medicated with psychotropic drugs at a rate much higher than are other kids, and lawmakers want to know what's to blame: more mental health needs or a problem of overmedication, as advocates and former foster kids have alleged.

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