Characteristics of difficult-to-place youth in state custody: A profile of the exceptional care pilot project population

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 71-96

  Armour, Marilyn P ^a   Schwab, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ABANDONED; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS;

EID: 34547814165     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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