Characteristics and trajectories of treatment foster care youth

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-506

  Hussey, David L ^a   Guo, Shenyang ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OHIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944518251     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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