Are We Overmedicating Children in Foster Care? (House Ways and Means Hearing, 2014)

Transcript · U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources · May 29, 2014

The 2014 House Ways and Means hearing on psychotropic drugs in foster care. Its background cites research that nearly one in four foster children used a psychotropic medication on any given day in 2008 to 2010. Witnesses included foster parent Dawna Hovenier and GAO.

nearly one in four foster children used a psychotropic medication on any given day

Hearing background

The 2014 House Ways and Means hearing on psychotropic drugs in foster care. Its background cites research that nearly one in four foster children used a psychotropic medication on any given day in 2008 to 2010. Witnesses included foster parent Dawna Hovenier and GAO.

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