Interstate variations in psychotropic medication use among a national sample of children in the child welfare system

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Raghavan, Ramesh ^a   Lama, Gyanesh ^b   Kohl, Patricia ^c   Hamilton, Barton ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Children; Mental health; Psychotropic medications

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951644045     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559509360916     Document Type: Article

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