Mental health and behavioral problems of youth in the child welfare system: Residential treatment centers compared to therapeutic foster care in the odyssey project population

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 97-123

  Baker, Amy J L ^a   Kurland, David ^b   Curtis, Patrick ^c   Alexander, Gina ^d   Papa Lentini, Cynthia ^e  

^a Center for Child Welfare Research   (United States)

^b St Vincent's Home   (United States)

^c Walter R McDonald and Associates   (United States)

^d Villages of Indiana Inc   (United States)

^e Bonnie Brae Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547792330     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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