Psychiatry Drugs Foster Care Children - Joshua

Psychiatry Drugs Foster Care Children - Joshua

I took my video camera to a Foster Care Alumni meeting and asked seven foster kids to tell me about there experiences in Child Protective Services while wards of the state.

One thing they all had in common was massive over drugging with psychiatric drugs.

Child placement agencies, foster parents, RTCs (Residential Treatment Centers) and Therapeutic Foster Homes get paid a certain amount of money each day for taking care of a foster child. The amount of money they get paid depends on a level of care system. The more difficult the child or the more problems that child has, the more money you get.

A child at the basic level of care is worth about 17 dollars a day where as a child in the highest level of care could be worth as much as a 1000 dollars a day. This puts the incentive on diagnosing children with behavior problems to justify raising their level of care. A child on psychiatric drugs is worth more than a child without problems.

It is not uncommon for a foster child to be placed on many different psychotropic drugs at the same time. Some investigations have found children on as many as 13 mind altering drugs prescribed by a psychiatrists at one time.

These drugs include all categories of psychiatric drugs; antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anxiety medications, anticonvulsants medications, etc.

The SSRI drugs are commons such as Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac, etc. Also a number of these children described taking Risperdal, Zyprexa, Geodon and other new generation antipsychotics which have been linked to weight gain, obesity and diabetes.

Visit the website for the Foster Care Alumni of America.

http://www.fostercarealumni.org/

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[WeedPeaceSerenity]

i love you man. i'm so sorry they did this to you.

I wanna ask u this, do u think a good foster parent could make a difference???

[WeedPeaceSerenity]

I'm soo sorry about this fuct up shit they did to you. We need to change the system. Everythig is so fuct up. Thank you & everyone else for making these videos, & thanks psychetruth for posting.

[riverlioness]

Congradulations on your diploma.

[barbaras1948]

Thank u so much for your video. Hope u are doing ok now.

[AutumnSkyie]

I have chills right now... I have several friends, that are either currently in, or have been in foster care... I know, that at least one of them is currently using Riddlin (sp). The majority of them are in the special needs class... Are they going through this? What can I do to help them if they are? And thank you Joshua for speaking about your experiences.

[lhj276]

What a cool kid. The system needs to change!

[Atheistx82]

Thank you for speaking out Joshua, you're doing the right thing and you're helping make a difference in CPC reform.

[elseandortheother]

or Cheilev חֵלֶב‎ in Judaism is the animal fat which was consumed on the mizbe'ah (altar) as for the korban ritual, & is therefore forbidden to be eaten by humans. Whereas Shuman are called those fats which were not offered, & therefore kosher for human consumption.

The punishment for eating chelev bemeizid (on purpose) is kares. The atonement for eating it by mistake is to bring a Korban Hattath (atonement sacrifice).

Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP), Factitious Disorder by Proxy,

[eskimoqueen66]

what is a pavillian?

[YouImposter]

Thank you Psychetruth for posting these videos...people need to know what REALLY happens to kids in the system. Thank you Joshua and all the others for having the GUTS to speak out...know this, that telling your story is the ONLY way others will KNOW your story. It also helps to deal with old wounds. Best wishes to you. Your courage to talk about something that alot of us have gone thru before you and unfortunately continues, has brought tears to my eyes.