Credit: Getty Images. The patient had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and suffered from auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extreme paranoia. In this month’s case, a state appeals ...

A federal judge on Monday ruled that the government must obtain parental or guardian consent before administering psychotropic drugs—those that can affect the brain or behavior—to migrant children in ...

Foster care youth are prescribed psychotropic medications at a rate 2.7 to 4.5 times higher than nonfoster children on Medicaid, according to a 2011 audit of five states conducted by the United States ...

Update, July 31, 2018 Yesterday, a federal district court judge in Los Angeles ruled that the government must obtain written consent or a court order before administering any psychotropic drugs to ...

A federal class-action lawsuit filed against the Maryland Department of Human Services and its Social Services Administration has focused attention on the widespread practice of prescribing powerful ...