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Child Watch: Overmedicating Children in Foster Care

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist   On any given day, nearly one in four children in foster care is taking at least one psychotropic medication โ€“ more than four times the rate for all children. Nearly half of children living in residential treatment centers or group homes take psychotropic medications. Children in foster care […]

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