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Sarah Flynn1,2
1Department of Psychiatry, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
Abstract:
Following the 1999 U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, support for the collection of national statistics on mental health disorders and treatment in children was indicated.1 The National Institute of Mental Health followed by funding research to conduct national surveys.2 The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement, and National Ambulatory Medical Care surveys were reviewed and compared to trends in children and adolescents enrolled in South Dakota Medicaid. The South Dakota Medicaid data was consistent with the national trend of increased psychotropic medication prescriptions in youth.
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