Use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to identify treatment needs in looked-after children referred to CAMHS

Hannah Wright, David Wellsted, Jacqui Gratton, Sarah Jane Besser, Nick Midgley - Developmental Child Welfare

This study aimed to establish how well the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) identified children who required treatment.

Associations between early life parent-child separation and shortened telomere length and psychopathological outcomes during adolescence

Xingxing Chen, Chenchen Zeng, Chun Gong, Lei Zhang, Yuhui Wan, Fangbiao Tao, Ying Sun - Psychoneuroendocrinology

The objective of this study was to test the associations between parent-child separation with telomere length (TL) and psychopathology during adolescence.

Adoption breakdown and adolescence

Carmen Paniagua, Jesús Palacios, Jesús M. Jiménez‐Morago - Child & Family Social Work

The aim of this article is to analyse the specific factors which influence adoption breakdown by comparing cases of adoption breakdown which occurred prior to the onset of adolescence with those occurring after the beginning of this developmental stage.

Comparison of Institutionally Reared and Maltreated Children on Socioemotional and Biological Functioning

Nicole B. Perry, Carrie E. DePasquale, Philip H. Fisher, Megan R. Gunnar - Child Maltreatment

The current study compared behavioral and adrenocortical functioning of maltreated and comparably aged (1.5–3 years) institutionally-reared children soon after (1.5–2.5 months) placement in foster care or adoptive homes, respectively.