Effects of therapeutic interventions for foster children on behavioral problems, caregiver attachment, and stress regulatory neural systems

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1094, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-225

  Fisher, Philip A ^a,b   Gunnar, Megan R ^c   Dozier, Mary ^d   Bruce, Jacqueline ^a   Pears, Katherine C ^a  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Research to Practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Stress; Stress hyporesponsive period (SHRP)

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FOSTER CARE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247868826     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1376.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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