Addressing the Mental Health Service Needs of Foster Youth During the Transition to Adulthood: How Big Is the Problem and What Can States Do?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Dworsky, Amy ^a   Courtney, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD WELFARE; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749203599     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.10.134     Document Type: Editorial

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