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Articles, news items, etc. related to misuse of mental health system within a foster care environment for youth.


You'll find a variety of items here related to how young people are especially vulnerable when in the care of the state, because of abuse by the mental health care system, especially massive psychiatric drugging.

Youth and Foster Care Psychiatric Drugging

Congressional hearing held on psychiatric drugging of USA foster care kids

(Published: 2008-05-15 12:27)
The US Congress held a public hearing about the way youth in foster care are often given large amounts of powerful psychiatric drugs, without adequate oversight, accountability, information, alternatives and advocacy. Vera Sharav of Alliance for Human Research Protection issued this report.

USA legislator McDermott holds hearings on foster care psychiatric drugging.

(Published: 2008-05-08 16:18)
Hearings are being held in US Congress on 8 May 2008 about the abuse of foster care youth by psychiatric drugging.

USA Today's piece on psychiatric drugs and foster care

(Published: 2008-05-08 15:55)
USA Today did a series about psychiatric drugging of youth, including this on the foster care controvers.

Oregonian newspaper exposes massive psychiatric drugging of foster care kids.

(Published: 2007-11-30 14:10)
The largest daily newspaper in Oregon published a three-part investigation of the the massive psychiatric drugging of youth in foster care in Oregon. Below is the text from the series, at bottom are links to the original articles.

Texas investigates psychiatric drugging of youth in foster care

(Published: 2007-04-04 12:49)
Alliance for Human Research Protection reports about a Texas Foster Care Investigation issued in 2004 by Texas comptroller, Carole Keeton Strayhorn. Children as young as three are drugged with neuroleptics.

Brief Report: Use of Psychotropic Medications by Youths in Therapeutic Foster Care and Group Homes

(Published: 2007-01-08 10:03)
Youth in foster and group homes are often given psychiatric drugs, including "polypharmacy" -- a chemical cocktail of multiple psychiatric drugs -- according to this study published by the American Psychiatric Association.
by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-05-08 16:37

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Al is a psychiatric survivor, psychologist, author and expert on the resilience of the human spirit. Here he addresses the City of Eugene conference on Choice in Mental Health as a Human Right at the University of Oregon on 20 October 2006.
 
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