Family contact in foster care in Portugal. The views of children in foster care and other key actors

the physical and mental health of children in foster care.

to evaluate physical and mental health in children in foster care and comparison with general population.the study is carried out between september 2011 and april 2012 into nine group homes in rome. it involved 112 children ranging in age 2-17 years, living in temporary care facilities or institutes. all data came out of clinical history and physical exams, validated by a pediatrician. such dat...

Differences in Morbidity Among Children in Foster Care and Non-foster Care Children

The Living Situations of Children in Foster Care: Which is Better, Kinship Foster Care or Non-Kinship Foster Care?

i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would sincerely like to thank Dr. Stacia Robertson for helping my paper come together and being a wonderful advocate. Michelle Mansfield has been a great aid in making sure that everything in the program went as planned. I really appreciate how I could call Ms. Mansfield for any questions I had. I would also like to thank Grant Drawve for helping me with my formatting. I wo...

Children in Foster Care and Excessive Medications

Children in foster care system are more likely to receive diagnoses of major mental illness and to be medicated with powerful medications such as antipsychotic drugs. Reasons for the increased risk of the actual mental illnesses and for the diagnoses of illness among children in foster care are reviewed. The reliabilities of various diagnoses are considered. The legitimacy of the rationale for ...

Characteristics of Children in Foster Care, Family-Style Group Care, and Residential Care: A Scoping Review

When risky child and family circumstances cannot be resolved at home, (temporary) 24-h out-of-home placement of the child may be an alternative strategy. To identify specific placement risks and needs, care professionals must have information about the child and his or her family, care history, and social-cultural characteristics at admission to out-of-home care. However, to date information on...