At the age of 43 years, John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected president. Throughout both his campaign and his presidency, he was portrayed as the epitome of youth and vigor. In fact, he had the most complex medical history of anyone to occupy the White House. The recent opening of his White House medical records has provided researchers greater insight into the multiple medical cond...

The implications of adoption for the emotional and behavioral adjustment of children have been an issue in child welfare for many years. Past research has suggested that adopted children are over-represented in mental health settings. In addition, some studies have suggested that adopted and nonadopted children differ on measures of social, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning. The ...

Trus Joist has recently consolidated the Corporate Engineering, Systems Development, Manufacturing Support, New Product Development and Research groups under one roof with a new Technology Center in Boise Idaho. This 16,350 m facility will be the home for over 170 associates when it is completed in July 2000. The primary design concept was to provide an environment that would foster information...

objective: based on problem based theory, this study investigated a broad array of putative protective factors associated with psychopathological symptoms and prosodical behaviour. methods: participants were 140 orphan adolescent girls and boys living in foster care homes in tehran, chosen with convenience sampling procedures. using a cross-sectional design this study examined the individual an...

BACKGROUND High prevalence of mental disorders among foster children highlight the need to examine the mental health of children placed out of home. We examined the properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in screening school-aged foster children for mental disorders. METHODS Foster parents and teachers of 279 foster children completed the SDQ and the diagnostic interv...

BACKGROUND Children living with foster families in a resource-limited setting such as Ethiopia are at risk of developmental problems. It is not yet clear whether intensive home-based developmental stimulation assisted by play can reduce these problems. The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of play-assisted intervention integrated into basic services on the developmental pe...

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...