Boys Town blazes a trail in brain research for kids

Chris Engel 10/22/139:03 PM

"Many of the youths who come to live at Boys Town are taking a cabinet full of prescription drugs....

"The amount, the variety and the frequency may not be, say Boys Town doctors and youth care workers....

“As you work with really difficult kids, you realize that what you're doing doesn't work for everyone,” said the Rev. Steven Boes, Boys Town executive director. “That haunts you. This is designed to answer that.”

"A recent study led by a Columbia University professor indicates that anti-psychotic drugs are prescribed to youths during nearly one in three visits to psychiatrists in the United States...."

http://www.livewellnebraska.com/article/20131022/LIVEWELL01/131029679

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