Special Initiatives
Gabriel Myers Work Group
Press Announcement
Department of Children and Families Secretary Convenes Workgroup to Evaluate Circumstances Surrounding Death of 7-year-old in Foster Care
Recent News Articles
- Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
(The New York Times - September 1, 2010
- Antipsychotic Prescribing in Children: What We Know—What We Need to Know (Psychiatric Times - December 16, 2009)
- Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics (The New York Times - December 11, 2009)
- Tragedy should help shape foster-care drug policy (Daytona Beach News Journal - July 11, 2009)
- System faulted in boy's death in foster care (Miami Herald - July 7, 2009)
- Child's death exposes a big problem in foster-care reform (South Florida Sun-Sentinel - June 25, 2009)
- Lawsuit says too many psychiatric drugs killed boy (Miami Herald - May 20, 2009)
- Children's Use Of Psychiatric Drugs Begins To Decelerate (Wall Street Journal - May 18, 2009)
- Panel: Troubled suicidal boy, 7, needed a parent (Miami Herald - May 15, 2009)
- Number of foster children in Florida on mood-altering drugs underreported, state study finds (Sun Sentinel - May 14, 2009)
- I-Team: Charges Could Be Brought In Boy's Hanging (CBS 4 Miami - May 14, 2009)
- DCF must do better (St. Petersburg Times - May 12, 2009)
- Probe sought of doctor who prescribed drugs to 7-year-old who killed self (Miami Herald - May 12, 2009)
- Boy's Suicide Puts Focus On DCF Drug Oversight (St. Petersburg Times - May 10, 2009)
- Drug limits skirted for foster kids (Miami Herald - May 9, 2009)
- Florida DCF Workgroup to Research Death of Foster Child, Gabriel Myers (Florida Child Advocate - May 1, 2009)
- State probes apparent suicide of foster child, 7 (Miami Herald - April 30, 2009)
- After 7-year-old's suicide, officials order look at drug use of other Florida foster children (Sun Sentinel - April 29, 2009)
- Babysitter Describes Foster Boy's Alleged Suicide (CBS 4 Miami - April 27, 2009)
- Child's death was anything but a suicide (Miami Herald - April 27, 2009)
- 7-Year-Old With Troubled Past Commits Suicide (CBS 2 Maimi - April 26, 2009)
- Broward County foster child had history of sexual behavior (Miami Herald - April 25, 2009)
- Answers needed in case of child's suicide (Miami Herald - April 24, 2009)
- Margate 7-year-old's sad journey began 10 months ago (Sun Sentinel - April 23, 2009)
- 7-year-old who killed himself made death threats (Miami Herald - April 23, 2009)
- Broward child's suicide raises questions about medication (Miami Herald - April 22, 2009)
