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U.S. probes use of antipsychotic drugs on children

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Posted: August 12, 2013 - 8:00 am ET

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Federal health officials have launched a probe into the use of antipsychotic drugs on children in the Medicaid system, amid concern that the medications are being prescribed too often to treat behavioral problems in the very young.

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