Saturday, June 7, 2008

Research news: Children grows up healthier in enriched foster care

The News:
Children Grow Up Healthier in Enriched Foster Care
by Michelle Trudeau.
All Things Considered, June 6, 2008 · There are big, long-term health payoffs in mental and physical well-being when foster-care services to children are enhanced, a new study suggests.
Kids generally go into foster care as a last resort: when maltreatment or neglect at home is extreme and unremitting. Such abuse can have long-term consequences on the mental and physical health of children as they grow up.
A new study, published in the latest edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry, looked at whether more enriched and supportive foster care can help mitigate some of the long-term problems foster kids face. Read on...

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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