PTSD study of abused children
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 28, 2008
Republished from the Kids at Risk Action archive as written. No images from the original corpus appear in any form.
I am convinced that children in child protective services deserve and need mental health testing and services. In my experience as a CASA guardian ad-Litem working with children over twelve years, I have only rarely seen adequate services provided. A County Judge has provided me with the psychotropic medical prescriptions of the five and ten year old children that have passed through her courtroom in child protection. This article makes my point dramatically:
Trauma and PTSD Among Adolescents With Severe Emotional Disorders Involved in Multiple Service Systems
Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D. and Jonas Taub, M.A.
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