Mental Health

New report shows children's psychotropic drug use rate slowing

Published in Mental Health Business Week, September 30th, 2006

A new report indicates that, at least among Arizona's Medicaid population, the psychotropic medication use rate is declining among children relative to population growth.

According to Flashpoint: Children, Adolescents and Psychotropic Medications, a report released by St. Luke's Health Initiatives (SLHI), enrollment of children ages 0-17 in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona's Medicaid program, increased 176 percent between 2002 and 2005, while mental health diagnoses among children increased 185 percent. The number of children who were prescribed psychotropic medications, however, increased 100 percent in the same period, which represents...

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Source: Mental Health Business Week (2006-09-30)

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