There is currently a much-needed national spotlight on the high rates of psychotropic medication use among children and youth in foster care, most of whom receive health coverage through Medicaid.

The suit alleges that one foster child in Missouri was given more than six psychotropic drugs at a time. A lawsuit charging Missouri officials have failed to properly oversee the administration of ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be increasing its oversight of the use of psychotropic drugs to pay closer attention to certain classes, warned the lead author of a federal report ...

SPRINGFIELD — A nonprofit foster organization spent 2019 offering traumatized teenage youth in care alternatives to psychotropic medication and the group said the approach is working. In 2016, there ...

Psychotropic medications treat a variety of conditions. They can affect a person’s mood, behavior, perception, and thoughts. Types of psychotropic medications include antidepressants, antianxiety ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jackie Juarez remembers taking pills – lots of pills. “They would make me sleepy, and I would throw up every night,” Juarez told the courtroom, recounting memories from her seven years ...

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Psychotropic medications, including short-acting benzodiazepines, have been linked to a significantly increased risk for frequent falls in the elderly and should be avoided in this vulnerable ...

WASHINGTON – One-third of foster children on psychotropic drugs in a sampling of U.S. states received no treatment planning or medication monitoring, federal investigators said in a new study. The ...

Psychotropic medications are used to treat mental health disorders. There are five main types of psychotropic medications, and each type has its own specific uses, benefits, and side effects. Your ...