The Complexity of Psychotropic Medication Prescription and Treating Trauma Among Youth in Foster Care: Perspectives from the Lived Experience

Psychotropic Medication and Psychotropic Polypharmacy Among Children and Adolescents in the US Child Welfare System

“…Nearly all children in foster care have experienced maltreatment or neglect and trauma from being separated from their families of origin, all of which can be developmentally disruptive . Literature identified children in the child welfare system as more likely than other children with Medicaid to receive psychotropic medication without accompanying psychotherapy or behavioral intervention …”