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Alabama Psychiatric Medication Review Team (APMRT): Advocating for Foster Children

Behavior and Social Issues

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Title Alabama Psychiatric Medication Review Team (APMRT): Advocating for Foster Children
 
Creator Luna, Odessa
Rapp, John T
Newland, M. Christopher
Arena, Rachel
LaPointe, Laura Lynn
Kierce, Erica
Lusche, Peter
 
Subject Interdisciplinary Team, Behavior Analysis, Advocacy
behavioral interventions, foster care, psychotropic medications, problem behavior
 
Description Foster care children who engage in challenging behavior are likely to receive psychotropic medication as the primary intervention to reduce their behavior. These children are more likely to receive multiple psychotropic medications from the same class or three or more medications to treat a given behavioral condition, a practice called polypharmacy. In response to this practice, federal legislation mandated states to monitor psychotropic medication prescriptions to foster care children. Consequently, the Deputy Director of the Alabama Department of Human Resources proposed the development of a behavioral health professional team, collectively known as the Alabama Psychiatric Medication Review Team (APMRT). The APMRT was tasked with developing application and safety guidelines for prescribers and determining the extent to which behavioral interventions are a cost-effective alternative for managing problem behavior. This paper briefly outlines APMRT’s general strategies, describes the team members’ roles, and discusses future directions.
 
Publisher University of Illinois at Chicago Library
 
Contributor Alabama Department of Human Resources
 
Date 2018-06-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/8298
10.5210/bsi.v27i0.8298
 
Source Behavior and Social Issues; Vol 27 (2018); AA16-AA20
1064-9506
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/8298/7434
 
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