Mental Health Problems among Child Welfare Clients Living at Home

Autor/inn/en	Iversen, Anette Christine; Jakobsen, Reidar; Havik, Toril; Hysing, Mari; Stormark, Kjell Morten
Titel	Mental Health Problems among Child Welfare Clients Living at Home
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 13 (2007) 4, S.387-399 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
Schlagwörter	Antisocial Behavior; Health Services; Emotional Problems; Mental Health Programs; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Financial Support; Child Welfare; Hyperactivity; Mental Disorders; Child Health; Behavior Problems; Peer Relationship; Adolescents; Questionnaires; Gender Differences; Family Income; Socioeconomic Influences; Parent Influence; Poverty; Physical Health; Educational Attainment; Family Structure; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Ausland; Finanzielle Förderung; Kindeswohl; Hyperaktivität; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Peer-Beziehungen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familieneinkommen; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Armut; Gesundheitszustand; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Norwegen
Abstract	The great majority of children receiving intervention from child welfare and protection services (CWS) in Norway live at home. The purpose of this study was to assess mental health problems among these children. Data stem from a population-based study, the Bergen child study, conducted in 2006. Of a sample consisting of 4,162 children in the fifth to seventh grades, 82 children were CWS clients who lived at home. Compared with their peers, the CWS children had significantly higher scores on emotional problems, hyperactivity, conduct problems, peer problems, and total difficulties (child and parent reports on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). The relationship between being a CWS client and total difficulties remained significant when socio-demographic variables were controlled for. Even though the results indicate that child welfare clients have more contact with child and adolescent mental health service than earlier assumed, the results emphasise the need for strong collaboration between CWS and mental health services and the need for CWS to include other types of interventions in addition to financial support. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10