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Why current and former recipients of foster care need high quality mental health services.

Author(s): Peter J. Pecora

Publication: 2010. "Adm Policy Ment Health" 37, 2-Jan (March): 185-90.

Identifier(s): PubMed ID: 20229142; ISSN: 1573-3289; Citation Key: 7670

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0295-y

Publication type: Journal Article

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Abstract:

This commentary presents data about the emotional, behavioral, and substance abuse disorders of youth in foster care and former recipients of foster care (“alumni”) in the United States to underscore the reasons why high quality mental health services are essential.