34 research outputs found
Psychosocial Treatment of Children in Foster Care: A Review
A substantial number of children in foster care exhibit psychiatric difficulties. Recent epidemiologi-cal and historical trends in foster care, clinical findings about the adjustment of children in foster care, and adult outcomes are reviewed, followed by a description of current approaches to treatment and extant empirical support. Available interventions for these children can be categorized as either symptom-focused or systemic, with empirical support for specific methods ranging from scant to substantial. Even with treatment, behavioral and emotional problems often persist into adulthood, resulting in poor functional outcomes. We suggest that self-regulation may be an important mediat-ing factor in the appearance of emotional and behavioral disturbance in these children
Prostitution, IV Drug Use, and Sex-forâCrack Exchanges Among Serious Delinquents: Risks for HIV Infection
There is mounting evidence that HIV infection among adolescents is increasing, particularly among minorities and innerâcity youths involved in certain highârisk activities, such as multiple sex partners and intravenous drug use. Interviews conducted âon the streetâ with 611 seriously delinquent male and female adolescents (ages 12â17) included questions about their involvement in prostitution, intravenous drug use, and sexâforâcrack exchanges. Findings included high percentages of youths engaged in these HIVârisk activities and a consistent association between all of them and greater illicit drug use. This would suggest that these risk behaviors may be surprisingly prevalent among some innerâcity adolescent groups. Special AIDS prevention/intervention targeting these groups is warranted and urgently needed. Drug treatment should be a central focus of such programs. Copyright © 1991, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserve
Como estudar a "famĂlia" e o "pai"?
Este artigo aborda algumas questĂ”es teĂłricas, metodolĂłgicas e prĂĄticas sobre temas relativos Ă influĂȘncia paterna e Ă natureza das interaçÔes pai-criança e, tambĂ©m, algumas dimensĂ”es que as pesquisas sobre "famĂlia" e "pai" deveriam considerar, no Brasil. A discussĂŁo serĂĄ baseada nos pressupostos de que: a) hĂĄ vĂĄrios tipos de famĂlias; b) os pais desempenham papĂ©is diferentes em diferentes Ă©pocas e contextos culturais; c) os papĂ©is paternos sĂŁo multidimensionais e complexos. Para compreender o que Ă© ser "pai" Ă© preciso, primeiro, conhecer o que acontece dentro da "famĂlia", levando em consideração as interaçÔes e as relaçÔes desenvolvidas entre os seus diferentes subsistemas, bem como o contexto social no qual as "famĂlias" estĂŁo inseridas