Children in foster care: Before, during, and after psychiatric hospitalization

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 79-99

  Persi, Joe ^a   Sisson, Megan ^b  

^a North East Mental Health Centre NEMHC   (Canada)

^b Hastings Children's Aid Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 65549089529     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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