Psychotropic Medications Overused Among Foster Children

Psychotropic Medications Overused Among Foster Children

New research finds that psychotropic medications are frequently used to treat youth in foster care. The pattern is disturbing because effectiveness and safety of the pharmaceuticals has not been established.

Note: I'll bet they are using foster children for human test subjects.
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Greater Psychotropic Medication Use in Foster Care Raises Concerns

Psychotropic medications, which act on the central nervous system to alter emotion or behavior temporarily, are frequently used to treat youth in foster care, but there is a lack of “substantive evidence of their effectiveness and safety,” says a University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) researcher.