Some Foster Youth Need More Mental Health Services
A study published in 2018 identified certain foster care characteristics that are associated with later psychological problems. The researchers were able to distinguish six distinct subgroups of foster youth, and some of these subgroups had a particularly high need for mental health treatment. These findings may help to create a risk assessment tool to identify these youth. The article by Nathanael J. Okpych and Mark E. Courtney at the University of Chicago is titled, “Charac