Review: Adoption, fostering, and the needs of looked-after and adopted children

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-12

  Fisher, Philip A ^a,b  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adversity; Children looked after; Fostering; Mental health disorders; Negative outcomes; Resilience; Risks; Systematic interventions

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOPTED CHILD; ADOPTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOSTER CARE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL MEMORY; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84921602119     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12084     Document Type: Review

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