Effects of institutional rearing and foster care on psychopathology at age 12 years in Romania: Follow-up of an open, randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 625-634

  Humphreys, Kathryn L ^a   Gleason, Mary Margaret ^a   Drury, Stacy S ^a   Miron, Devi ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^b,c   Fox, Nathan A ^d   Zeanah, Charles H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPEN STUDY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; ABANDONED CHILD; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORPHANAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORPHANAGES; ROMANIA;

EID: 84937520958     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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