Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among older youths in the foster care system

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-95

  McMillen, J Curtis ^a,b   Zima, Bonnie T ^c   Scott Jr , Lionel D ^a   Auslander, Wendy F ^a   Munson, Michelle R ^a   Ollie, Marcia T ^a   Spitznagel, Edward L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Foster care; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10944256581     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000145806.24274.d2     Document Type: Article

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