Working with Psychiatrists and Psychotropic Medications for Children in the Child Welfare System

A Guide for Child Welfare Professionals, Judges, Lawyers, Foster Parents, and Family Members

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The Center for Mental Health Services Research in partnership with the
Children’s Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services developed
this guide to educate child welfare and family court professionals about
psychiatry, the psychiatric consultation and evaluation process, and
psychotropic medications. The site is designed to help these professionals
better understand and work with psychiatrists as well as with children
receiving psychotropic medications and their families / caregivers.

This Website is sponsored and maintained by the Center for Mental Health
Services Research (CMHSR) within the George Warren Brown School of Social
Work at Washington University in St. Louis.

It was prompted by a research study led by Curtis McMillen, PhD, and facilitated
by the Research Network Development Core (RNDC) – a partnership
initiative between the Center and the Children’s Division of the Missouri
Department of Social Services. The RNDC and this project are funded through
a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

The preparation of this guide was a joint effort involving RNDC Committee
members, qualified writers, reviewers and advisors.

Authors include:

Drew Sylvester, MD, a child & adolescent psychiatrist employed both by BJC
Behavioral Health and Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital in St. Louis.

Curtis McMillen, PhD, social work professor at the Brown School.

Chris Knoepke, MSW, RNDC Research Assistant at the Center for Mental
Health Services Research at Washington University in St. Louis.

 

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