Unlicensed residential programs: The next challenge in protecting youth

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-303

  Friedman, Robert M ^a,b   Pinto, Allison ^a   Behar, Lenore ^a   Bush, Nicki ^a   Chirolla, Amberly ^a   Epstein, Monica ^a   Green, Amy ^a   Hawkins, Pamela ^a   Huff, Barbara ^a   Huffine, Charles ^a   Mohr, Wanda ^a   Seltzer, Tammy ^a   Vaughn, Christine ^a   Whitehead, Kathryn ^a   Young, Christina Kloker ^a  

^a Alliance for the Safe Therapeutic and Appropriate Use of Residential Treatment ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child protection; Institutional abuse; Residential care; Therapeutic boarding school

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LICENSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROTECTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; LICENSURE, HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749037702     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.3.295     Document Type: Review

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