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A pediatrician reflects on the mental health of children and the systems that are trying to help them.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Children and Antipsychotics

From the New York Times:
New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance. And the Medicaid children are more likely to receive the drugs for less severe conditions than their middle-class counterparts, the data shows.
Not sure why this came out right now, as the research seems to have been published earlier in the fall. I wonder how this will impact actual practice.
Posted by olddockeller at 8:00 AM
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