Neuroleptics from the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights

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Children and Youth

Treatment of Young People With Antipsychotic Medications in the United States, by Mark Olfson, Marissa King, and Michael Schoenbaum, JAMA Psychiatry, July 1, 2015.
Trends in Mental Health Care among Children and Adolescents, by Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., and Steven C. Marcus, Ph.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2015;372:2029-38.
Psychiatrised Children and their Rights: Starting the Conversation (Editorial), Children and Society, Vol 28, (2014) pp. 165–171
- The Rights of Children and Parents In Regard to Children Receiving Psychiatric Diagnoses and Drugs, by Peter R. Breggin, Children & Society, Vol 28 (2014) pp 231-241
Interstate variation in trends of psychotropic medication use among Medicaid-enrolled children in foster care, by David Rubin, Meredith Matone, Yuan-Shung Huang, Susan dosReis, Chris Feudtner, and Russell Localio, Children and Youth Service Review (In Press-February, 2012).
Evidence-Based Use of Second-Generation Antipsychotics in a State Medicaid Pediatric Population, 2001–2005, by Prathamesh Pathak, M.S., B.Pharm.; Donna West, Ph.D.; Bradley C. Martin, Pharm.D., Ph.D.; Mark E. Helm, M.D., M.B.A.; and Crystal Henderson, Pharm.D., Psychiatric Services, Vol. 61 No. 2 (2010).
Annotated Complaint in U.S. ex rel Law Project for Psychiatric Rights v. Matsutani, et al.
National Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications by Children, by Mark Olfson, MD, Steven C. Marcus PhD, Myrna M. Weissman, PhD, and Peter S. Jensen, MD, Archives of General Psychiatry, 2006;63:679-685.

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