Law. I gratefully acknowledge my research assistant, Abby C. Boyd, a 2014 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition, special thanks to Dr. Erik Roskes, Clinical Director, Forensic Services, Springfield Hospital Center, for his insight, advice, and assistance in the discussions we had on the mentally ill child. I. See Julie M. Zito et aI., Psychotropic Medication Patterns Among Youth in Foster Care, 121 PEDIATRICS e1S7, el62 (2008) (expressing doubts about "whether the dispensing of :::3 different psychotropic medication classes concomitantly to children in foster care represents a treatment advantage"). 2. See infra Part I (examining the viewpoints of psychiatrists, pediatricians, parents, and children). 3. See infra Part II (considering why foster children receive psychotropic medications at a higher rate than other children).
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