A national study of the impact of outpatient mental health services for children in long-term foster care

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-479

  Bellamy, Jennifer L ^a   Gopalan, Geetha ^b   Traube, Dorian E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior problems; foster care; outpatient mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957695011     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510377720     Document Type: Article

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