Open AccessPsychotropic medication use among children in foster care: relationship to severe psychiatric disorders.
Author(s) -
Bonnie T. Zima,
Regina Bussing,
Gia M. Crecelius,
Aaron Kaufman,
Thomas R. Belin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.11.1732
Subject(s) - psychotropic medication , psychiatry , medicine , psychiatric medication , foster care , mental health , nursing
This study sought to describe the level of psychotropic medication use and its relationship to severe psychiatric disorders among school-aged children in foster care.