Poor And Disabled Children in Kentucky Increasingly Being Prescribed Antipsychotics

Filed Under: kb_psych drugs By Sophie Faught, MFI Communications Coordinator • Antipsychotic prescriptions for kids on Medicaid in Kentucky jumped by 270% in the past decade. A new study released by researcher Michael Childress (of the University of Kentucky) found that antipsychotic prescriptions have increased tremendously for poor and disabled children insured by Medicaid in the…