Healio (10/12, Weldon) reports, “More than one-third of children on Medicaid in the foster care system were prescribed psychotropic medications, a higher amount than children on Medicaid outside the system,” researchers concluded in a study that included “388,914 children (mean age, 8.2 years) on Medicaid and 8,426 children (mean age, 7.7 years) in foster care.” The study also revealed that “35% of children on Medicaid and in foster care were prescribed psychotropic” medications “to alter their behavior or mood, more than four times the 8% of children on Medicaid outside the system who are prescribed psychotropic” medicines. The findings were presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition.
Related Links:
— “‘Increased oversight’ needed: One in three kids in foster care prescribed psychotropics “Rose Weldon, Healio, October 12, 2021