Objective: Children in out-of-home placements typically display more educational,
behavioral, and psychological problems than do their peers. This systematic review …

Background Every year a large number of children around the world are removed from their
homes because they are maltreated. Child welfare agencies are responsible for placing …

Background The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of mental disorders in 6-to 12-
year-old foster children and assess comorbidity and risk factors. Methods Information on …

Purpose Youth in foster care represent a highly traumatized population. However, trauma
research on this population has focused primarily on maltreatment rather than the full …

Most adolescents are placed in residential youth care (RYC) because of severe
psychosocial strains and child maltreatment, which represent risk factors for developing …

Objective ICD‐11 introduces post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD
(CPTSD) as two distinct trauma‐related disorders. Using the International Trauma …

Each year tens of millions of federal dollars are invested to promote secondary and
postsecondary educational attainment among older youth in foster care. Despite the …

At a time when there is increasing attention being given to systematically integrating the well-
being of children with the goals of safety and permanence in child welfare, little is known …

Adverse family conditions, abuse and neglect during childhood present important risk factors
for the appearance of emotional and behavioral problems. The main aim of this paper is to …

For marginalized youth, the transition to adulthood is a stage of life in which inequalities can
be either magnified or reduced. While most descriptions of these young people highlight …