FACTS
A CORRUPT SYSTEM
Psychiatrists are turning America’s foster youth into walking pills. Take a look at the statistics.
2X
MORE LIKELY
Foster kids less than 1 year old are 2X more likely to be prescribed psych drugs as
12%
OF FOSTER KIDS
are on antipsychotics compared to 1% of kids with private insurance.
Over 2X
INCREASE
in psychotropic drug use in foster care from 2000 to 2010.
It’s 53X
MORE LIKELY
for foster kids to be prescribed five or more psych drugs simultaneously than non-foster kids in Texas.
Nearly 1/2
OF KIDS
in residential treatment centers or group homes are on psychotropic drugs.
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