How Mental Health Care Affects Outcomes For Foster Children

Of the approximately half-million children and adolescents in foster care in the U.S., experts estimate that 42 to 60 percent of them have emotional and behavioral problems. Despite the prevalence of mental health problems among foster children, little is known about how pre-existing mental health conditions affect their outcomes in foster care. A new study co-written by Jung Min Park and Joseph P. Ryan, professors in the

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Filed under: Mental Health on January 16th, 2009