February 3, 2008

Medicaid Kids in Psych-Rx $urge

New York Post
By SUSAN EDELMAN and MELISSA KLEIN
New York state’s Medicaid program paid $82.8 million in 2006 for two dozen psychiatric drugs for tens of thousands of children – with many of the meds not FDA-approved for kids, records obtained by The Post show.
Use of the powerful antipsychotics, anticonvulsants and antidepressants once prescribed only for [...]