Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Foster Kids Face Overprescription of Psychiatric Drugs
A new federal report finds that foster children and poor children are being prescribed an alarming number of psychiatric drugs. The report found that children as young as four years old are taking psychiatric drugs. And in California, foster kids are taking schizophrenia drugs, even when they haven’t been diagnosed with the illness.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readA new federal report finds that foster children and poor children are being prescribed an alarming number of psychiatric drugs. The report found that children as young as four years old are taking psychiatric drugs. And in California, foster kids are taking schizophrenia drugs, even when they haven’t been diagnosed with the illness. Now state lawmakers are starting to take up the issue.
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The full episode
3 of 5Cutting Water in LA, Medicating Foster Kids, Comedy's Second Wave- 0:00How Will LA Respond to Mandatory Water Cuts?
- 8:21The Hidden Records of California’s Wells
- 16:46Foster Kids Face Overprescription of Psychiatric DrugsYou’re reading this
- 25:24Web Roundup: Trevor Noah’s Offensive Tweets & Cracking Down on Cyberattacks
- 36:12Comedy’s Second Wave