 Youth at entry to residential treatment: Understanding psychotropic medication useAnnette K. Griffith, Gail Smith, Jonathan C. Huefner, Michael H. Epstein, Ronald Thompson, Nirbhay N. Singh and Laurel.K. Leslie Children and Youth Services Review, 2012, vol. 34, issue 10, 2028-2035 Abstract: Youth entering residential treatment often present with complex mental health and behavioral needs. As a result, it is not surprising that many of these youth have active prescriptions for psychotropic medications. What is surprising, however, is that very little is known about how psychotropic medications are used for youth who enter residential treatment. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of psychotropic medication use for youth at their time of entry to residential treatment through the examination of archival data. Data suggested that the youth in this sample had high levels of emotional and behavioral difficulties and that many had active psychotropic prescriptions. Patterns of use differed slightly from those identified with previous samples, but several clinical and non-clinical factors were identified that were predictive of psychotropic medication use. Findings and implications are discussed in detail. Keywords: Psychotropic medication; Residential treatment; Out‐of‐home care (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:34:y:2012:i:10:p:2028-2035 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.002 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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