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Senate health committte concerned about overmedicating mentally ill youth

Senate health committte concerned about overmedicating mentally ill youth

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 25, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers  and mental health experts expressed concern Tuesday that doctors may be over-prescribing childhood psychotropic medications and called for increases in school psychologists and early intervention programs. The use of the medications among youth...

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