"As a follow-up to a previous article on youth in the child welfare system and overuse of psychotropic medications, Imagine Giving an Infant A Psychiatric Drug, here are some highlights from the December 2012 Government Accountability Office’s Congressional report on Children’s Mental Health: Concerns Remain About Appropriate Services for Children in Medicaid and Foster Care.
The Nation Institute of Health spent approximately $1.2 billion dollars on children’s mental health research between 2008-2011....
"The most troubling findings reveal that more than 80% of youth with identified mental health needs received no psychosocial therapeutic interventions, and between 65% – 88% depending on age grouping had no mental health office visits, despite 9% of children in Child Welfare and 18% of children in Foster Care being prescribed psychotropic medications, and often multiple medications...."
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