PolicyLab

A new publication, Second-Generation Antipsychotic Use Among Stimulant-Using Children, by Organization of Medicaid Mental Health is now published online.  Click here to see the full article.  

Also, access the JAACAP Podcast with David Rubin, MD, MSCE on the newly published article, Antipsychotic Prescribing to Youth: A National Review of Trends here.  

In related work, Kathleen Noonan, JD and Dorothy Miller, JD, MPH, argue that, given new federal requirements related to psychotropic medications and children in foster care, the state policy-making process must become more transparent to ensure broad public input and recourse in the case of non-compliance.  Read the full article here.