Placement with substance-abusing mothers vs. placement with other relatives: Infant outcomes

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-349

  Tyler, Rachelle ^a   Howard, Judy ^a   Espinosa, Michael ^a   Doakes, Sarah Simpson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Child development; Custody decisions; Prenatal substance abuse; Relative foster care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031000878     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(96)00175-5     Document Type: Article

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