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June 2004
 Children and
Psychotropic Medications
In 2003, NAMI's
Policy Research Institute (NPRI) convened a task force of experts
and stakeholders to consider issues related to the use of
psychotropic medications for children and adolescents. Since then,
the issue has exploded in the nation's headlines, but not
necessarily with the kind of precision that medical issues
require. Our nation is currently experiencing a public health
crisis in the number of youth with mental illnesses that fail to
receive any treatment or services. The U. S. Surgeon General has
warned that approximately 80% of youth with mental illnesses fail
to receive any treatment or services. We have made major
scientific advances in understanding how to properly diagnose and
treat mental illnesses in children, but more needs to be done.
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