Children in foster care: Mental health, service use and costs
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Vol. 15 (2) , 63-70
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-006-0452-8
Abstract
To assess the prevalence of mental health problems in children in foster care, their families’ use of services and the associated costs.Keywords
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