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Psychotropic medication use among children in foster care: relationship to severe psychiatric disorders.

B T Zima, R Bussing, G M Crecelius, A Kaufman and T R Belin

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, USA. bzima@mednet.ucla.edu

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to describe the level of psychotropic medication use and its relationship to severe psychiatric disorders among school-aged children in foster care. METHODS: Home interviews with 302 foster parents and children aged 6 to 12 years and 266 follow-up clinical evaluations were conducted. RESULTS: Thirteen percent of the children had taken psychotropic medication in the previous year, and 52% of those whose clinical status merited a medication evaluation had not received medication in the previous year. CONCLUSIONS: As the efficacy of psychotropic medication treatment for severe child psychiatric disorders becomes more established, research on the appropriateness of such care can begin.

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