کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
347513 617900 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mental health services for children and youth in the child welfare system: A focus on caregivers as gatekeepers
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
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Mental health services for children and youth in the child welfare system: A focus on caregivers as gatekeepers
چکیده انگلیسی

Caregivers serve as gatekeepers for children while in the child welfare system, but few studies have focused on the caregiver and the factors that influence the use of mental health services for the children under their care. The purpose of this study was to examine the child's mental health need, the caregiver's level of stress, depression, and social support, and the utilization of mental health services by children using the three most common types of caregivers in the child welfare system (i.e., birth parent, relative caregiver, and foster parent). Data comes from the Patterns of Care (POC) study of five public sectors of care. The present study examined parents/caregivers and youth from the child welfare sector. Findings suggest that while birth parents were more likely to endorse more risk factors for themselves, and the children under their care had a higher level of mental health need, they were the least likely to utilize mental health services for the children under their care. Implications for the child welfare and mental health systems are discussed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Children and Youth Services Review - Volume 32, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 691–697
نویسندگان
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