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Foster care: an update

A A Rosenfeld1, D J Pilowsky, P Fine

  • 1Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, USA.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
|April 1, 1997
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Nearly 500,000 children in foster care have significant unmet pediatric and psychiatric needs. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are urged to address these challenges and advocate for improved child welfare.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychiatry
  • Pediatrics
  • Child Welfare

Background:

  • The American foster care system serves nearly 500,000 children.
  • These children face complex pediatric, developmental, and psychiatric challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To inform child and adolescent psychiatrists about the needs of children in foster care.
  • To highlight the critical health and mental health service gaps for this population.

Main Methods:

  • A consensus paper developed by experts in child psychiatry, pediatrics, psychology, social work, and child welfare research.
  • Literature review and expert experience in child welfare.

Main Results:

  • Children in foster care are a vulnerable population with high risks for poverty, chronic health deficits, trauma (abuse and neglect), and emotional challenges.

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  • Foster care is a defining experience, significantly impacting children's lives.
  • Systemic changes like therapeutic foster homes, kinship care, and Medicaid funding shifts are evolving the foster care landscape.

    • Conclusions:

    • Foster children represent a large group with substantial unmet pediatric and psychiatric needs.
    • Research on the foster care population is currently limited.
    • Child and adolescent psychiatrists are encouraged to address the needs of these children and advocate for them.