History of Foster Care among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness in Vancouver, British Columbia: A Precursor to Trajectories of Risk

Michelle L Patterson, Akm Moniruzzaman, Julian M Somers - BMC Psychiatry

This study examines the relationship between foster care placement as a predictor of adult substance use disorders (including frequency, severity and type), mental illness, vocational functioning, service use and duration of homelessness among a sample of homeless adults with mental illness.

Prevalence and Comorbidity of Mental Disorders Among Adolescents Living in Residential Youth Care

Thomas Jozefiak , Nanna Sønnichsen Kayed, Tormod Rimehaug, Anne Kristine Wormdal, Ann Mari Brubakk, and Lars Wichstrøm

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and comorbidity of mental disorders applying diagnostic interviews in an entire population of adolescents living in residential youth care (RYC) in Norway.

Strategies for Delivering Safe and Effective Foster Care: A Review of the Evidence for Those Designing and Delivering Foster Care Programmes

Ghazal Keshavarzian, Family for Every Child

This report from Family for Every Child begins to fill the gap in understanding on how to deliver effective, safe foster care programmes through an exploration of the literature and interviews with experts.

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The Place of Foster Care in the Continuum of Care Choices: A Review of the Evidence for Policymakers

Ghazal Keshavarzian, Family for Every Child

This report from Family for Every Child explores rising concerns about the expansion of foster care services in low and middle income countries, it begins to fill the gap in understanding, and aims to assist in both states’ and NGOs’ decisions on whether to invest in foster care, and in the kinds of supportive services needed to make foster care safe and effective.

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