ArticleChild maltreatment2023
The Development of Young Peoples' Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the impact of placement instability on the mental health outcomes of care experienced children and young people.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- The Impact of Placement Change on Sleep in Child Welfare.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A longitudinal study examining the effect of carer-child relationship quality on child's emotional and behavioural difficulties while in care.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- The mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced young people during early and later adolescence.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2025Article
- Access to best-evidenced mental health support for care-experienced young people: Learnings from the implementation of cognitive therapy for PTSD.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of ANKOMMEN as a group intervention based on life story work for adolescents in residential care in Germany: a single-arm pilot study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Factors Associated With the Mental Health of Young People Who Have "Aged Out" of the Child Welfare System.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Article
- An agenda for future research regarding the mental health of young people with care experience.Child & family social work · 2023Article
- Secondary data analysis of social care records to examine the provision of mental health support for young people in care.JCPP advances · 2023Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of the Relationship Between Trauma-Related Cognitive Processes and Internalising and Externalising Psychopathology in Young People in Out-of-Home Care.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Although we know there are high rates of mental health difficulties amongst young people in out-of-home care (i.e. social welfare-involved children), there is limited evidence on the longitudinal development of these problems, particularly from when they enter the care system. Using the routinely collected carer-reported strengths and difficulties questionnaire, we explored internalising (emotional and peer) and externalising (conduct and hyperactivity) difficulties for 672 young people across their first 3 years in the UK care system (2-16 yrs, 51% boys, 76% Caucasian). In all cases stable profiles (resilient or chronic) were most common, while changing profiles (recovery or delayed) were less common. Findings showed that entry into the care system is not enough of an intervention to expect natural recovery from mental health difficulties. Number of placements and being separated from siblings were associated with greater difficulties. Implications for child welfare and mental health systems are discussed.
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