Congressman decries ‘overuse’ of psychotropic drugs on children

Congressman decries ‘overuse’ of psychotropic drugs on children

Rep. Jim McDermott said Tuesday that there is “a lot of overuse” and “bad use” of psychotropic drugs by doctors and foster parents treating foster children in the United States.

Speaking at a press event with the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, McDermott, who is a psychiatrist, explained that an alarming amount of foster children are given psychotropic drugs, paid for by the federal government, simply because their carers “want kids to be quiet.”

Note: So he teams up with one of foster care's greatest sellouts to fight the problem.