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First do no harm: Medication oversight for children in foster care
Author(s) -
Lowenhaupt Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30069
Subject(s) - surprise , neglect , psychiatry , harm , psychology , impulse control , intervention (counseling) , impulse (physics) , deliberate self harm , foster care , medicine , medical emergency , nursing , social psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , physics , quantum mechanics
When I first met James, he liked to jump on his bed and bounce a ball against the wall on the inpatient psychiatric unit. His attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder medication helped his restlessness, impulse control, and frustration tolerance, but the most important intervention for this 8‐year old boy, removed from his biological parents at age 2 due to abuse and neglect, was to send him to a stable place after discharge. Five years later, a judge asked for an independent psychiatric evaluation due to concerns about medication side effects; imagine my surprise to recognize James but see his list of ten medications!