Impact of a mentoring and skills group program on mental health outcomes for maltreated children in foster care

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 739-746

  Taussig, Heather N ^a   Culhane, Sara E ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955392184     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.124     Document Type: Article

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