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Why are so many doctors are prescribing antipsychotic drugs to Medicaid-eligible children?

SharperIron Wed, 08/14/13 8:29 pm
Society & Culture
Mental Illness
Medicaid
Poverty

“[C]hildren on Medicaid are four times more likely to be on antipsychotics than privately insured children.”

Does poverty make kids mentally ill?

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