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  • Growing numbers of children on medication

    06/07/2010 8:12:07 PM PDT · by Maelstorm · 33 replies · 98+ views
    http://www.newstimes.com ^ | June 7, 2010 | Eileen FitzGerald
    Here's just one statistic that Danbury school psychologist Charles Manos worries about: 42 percent of all kids in foster care are taking three or more mood-altering drugs. "All kids in foster care have some story of trauma, like abuse or neglect, so we need to ask the question `How are we dealing with trauma?'" Manos asked. Overall, children are receiving more prescriptions than ever before to treat medical, emotional and psychological problems, according to a May report from Medco Health Solutions. More than one in four children with health insurance in the U.S., and nearly 30 percent of all children...