Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care: Tips for Advocates and Judges - Paperback

by Solchany (Author), Aba Center on Children and the Law (Author), U. S. Department of Health and Human Ser (Created by)

Addresses common child and adolescent mental health diagnoses and presents a multimodal approach to managing mental health disorders for children and youth in foster care. The benefits, drawbacks, and side effects of psychotropic medications are discussed and presented in a table. Recommendations for best practice are listed, and questions that judges and advocates should ask about medication use with children in foster care are included.