National CASA Podcast

The Diagnosis and the Drug: Use of Psychotropic Medication in the Foster Care System

01.31.2011 - By [email protected]Play

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Stephen McCrea, CASA Supervisor with CASA for Children in Portland, OR, talks about the history of mental health treatment of foster youth, including the introduction of psychotropic medications, their use now and what a CASA/GAL volunteer should know when working with medicated youth. Before working with the CASA program, McCrea was a crisis counselor and a residential counselor for youth.

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