Abstract
Sage and the Journal Editor hereby issue an expression of concern for the following article:
O’Brien, C., & Rapp, J. T. (2021). To what extent do medication experts agree on diagnoses derived from psychotropic medication prescribed for children and adolescents in a state Medicare database? Developmental Child Welfare, 3(2), 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/25161032211019045
The second author contacted the editors to notify them, as required by their institutional review board, of concerns the review board found in the above article:
No protocol reviewed by the ethical board covers this study, which is most likely exempt level human subject research.