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Review
. 2024 Jul;33(3):369-379.
doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2024.02.008. Epub 2024 Apr 4.

Re-Imagining Child Welfare to Support Children and Families

Ruth Gerson  1 , David L Corwin  2 , Lisa Durette  3
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Review

Re-Imagining Child Welfare to Support Children and Families

Ruth Gerson et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2024 Jul.

Abstract

Children and adolescents in foster care include many of the most severely traumatized victims of child abuse and neglect. They deserve the best possible care and treatment, yet their outcomes remain poor. The persistence of poor outcomes for youth in foster care reflects challenges of psychiatric diagnostic formulation and of service system design/access, both areas in which child and adolescent psychiatrists have a key role to improve care and outcomes.

Keywords: Evidence-based treatment; Foster care; Systems of care; Trauma-informed care.

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Disclosure The authors have nothing to disclose.