Disparities in Child and Adolescent Psychoactive Medication Prescription Practices by Race and Ethnicity
2008
Compared to their non-Latino white counterparts, children and adolescents from racial-ethnic minority groups in the U.S. are less likely to receive prescriptions for psychoactive medication Racial-ethnic minority children and adolescents are also significantly less likely to receive mental health care Controlling for access to mental health care and for geographic variation reduces but does not eliminate variations in psychoactive prescriptions by race and ethnicity Controlling for mental health need and level of impairment does not eliminate variations in psychoactive prescriptions by race and ethnicity Reducing disparities will require coordinated efforts to educate families and providers, promotion of evidence-based practices, steps to overcome geographic and language barriers, and additional research for understanding the underlying reasons for variations in prescription patterns
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