Characteristics of families who are repeatedly reported to child protection services in Iceland

Characteristics of Children Reported to Child Protective Services for Medical Neglect.

OBJECTIVES Medical neglect can have serious consequences. There is little evidence base to guide medical neglect management and research. Our objective was to describe a group of children reported to child protective services (CPS) for medical neglect to define this population as well as identify prevention and intervention approaches. METHODS This was a retrospective descriptive study of all...

Engaging families in child mental health services.

To increase the involvement of urban youth and families who need mental health services, child mental health agencies and providers might consider the following: (1) examining intake procedures and developing interventions to target specific barriers to service use; (2) providing training and supervision to providers to increase a focus on engagement in the first face-to-face meetings with yout...

Use of telehealth technology to extend child protection team services.

OBJECTIVE In response to increased referrals to Florida's Child Protection Teams and concern regarding statewide availability of medical expertise in the area of child abuse and neglect, Children's Medical Services of the Florida Department of Health established a telemedicine project to facilitate immediate expert medical evaluations of alleged child abuse or neglect. This article describes a ...

Factors in those who repeatedly self-harm.

Who helps whom in older parent-child families.

While previous research has assumed that older persons who live with adult children do so because of their poverty or disability, some recent evidence suggests that many of these extended households primarily benefit the child. This article attempts to provide a better understanding of the relative contributions of parents and adult children who live together through detailed analysis of data f...