After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment: Atypical Antipsychotic Medication …

Florida Medicaid claims data were used to assess antipsychotic medication use among children after therapeutic out-of-home mental health treatment. Fifty percent of youth received antipsychotics after the treatment episode, but differences exist across age, gender, and racial groups. Utilization was higher among males and youth ages 6–12, while blacks were less likely to be prescribed antips…