Transcript: USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE:CHRISTOPHER BELLONCI, M.D.

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Congressional Testimony
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May 8, 2008
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Congressional Testimony
05-08-2008
Statement of Christopher Bellonci, M.D. Medical Director The Walker School
Committee on House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family
Support May 08, 2008 Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name
is Christopher Bellonci, M.D. and I am pleased to be here to discuss the
important issues related to psychotropic medication use among children
in America`s foster care system. I am a board-certified child and adolescent
psychiatrist and the medical director at Walker, a multi-service agency
in Needham, Massachusetts where I work directly with children in the child
welfare system. I am a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
...

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