Published: Monday, October 03, 2011, 8:10 PM Updated: Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 9:28 AM
By Nick Budnick, The Oregonian
David Pollack was medical director of Oregon's mental health program when he learned just how far psychiatric drugs had spread. About 250 kids between ages 1 and 6 whom the Oregon Health Plan tracked were prescribed antipsychotics and antidepressants, despite no proof of early-age safety for them.
"How could that be happening?" he remembers thinking. Now he is one of many mental health care professionals asking if mental health drugs are overprescribed. FULL STORY
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