The ABA Center on Children and the Law published this public policy brief to assist advocates and judges who work with children and youth who are prescribed psychotropic medication

December 2, 2011 The statistics that came out of this week’s GAO report on psychotropic drug use among American foster children were bone-chilling: In 2008, children in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas who’d been removed from their parents and placed in the care of state child welfare agencies were being prescribed psychiatric drugs at […]

SENATE LOOKING AT DJJ PROBE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MED USE By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 19, 2011…..The Department of Juvenile Justice has run afoul of a key senator over the use of psychotropic drugs on youth in its lockup facilities, and the question of whether the agency takes concerns […]

An informative, reassuring, and affirming guide for teens about how to get help from the mental health system. This booklet was written the teen and adult staff at Youth Communication.

The Briefing Book is a web-based “notebook” which contains a collection of recommendations, articles, reports and public records concerning children’s mental health needs. May, 2007 (Note: be sure the window on your computer screen is open as wide as possible to navigate through the book).

This document looks at how the child welfare and juvenile justice systems deliver mental and behavioral health services to youth. Each section includes specific recommendations for reform. Issued August 2007