Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes …. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression … representative samples of children from both countries. Second, we focus on "screeners" that were administered to all children in our …

We examine differences in the prescribing of psychiatric medications to low-income and higher-income children in the … that conditional on diagnosis and medical history, low-income children are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotics and … benzodiazepines than higher-income children who see the same doctors. These are drugs with potentially dangerous side effects that …