Using the CBCL to determine the clinical status of children in state custody

Heflinger, Craig Anne; Simpkins, Celeste G.; Combs‐Orme, Terri

doi:10.1016/s0190-7409(99)00073-0

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“…Children in foster care show an increased prevalence of psychopathology that range from 15 to 57% [6,14,24,30,32,38]. The prevalence rates for children living in residential care are even higher, ranging from 34 to 86% [5,23,27].…”

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Screening for psychopathology in child welfare: the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) compared with the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)

Janssens

Deboutte

2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Whilst children in child welfare suffer more psychopathology than their community peers, only a small percentage of them actually receive mental health care. Previous literature suggested that all children entering child welfare should be screened. This study evaluated whether the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) could be used for this purpose. The extended version of the SDQ and the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) questionnaire were administered to parents and caregivers of 292 children in child welfare. Children older than 11 years also completed the SDQ self-report and the Youth Self Report (YSR). Furthermore, the child’s history of service use was recorded and informants were asked if the actual care was sufficient. Inter-informant correlations for the scores from the SDQ and ASEBA were high and comparable or favoured the use of the SDQ (for parents and caregivers). Internal consistency was satisfactory to good. For all informants, high correlations were found between SDQ and ASEBA. Despite high scores on the SDQ, only 29% of the children had received mental health care. Service use was only correlated with the parent SDQ and the CBCL and TRF. Additional help, as requested by 21% of the parents and 37% of the caregivers, correlated moderately with the SDQ and ASEBA scores. Compared to the total difficulties score, the impact supplement is a better predictor of service use and the informant’s request for additional help. This study illustrates that the Dutch version of the SDQ, similar to the English and German versions, has equal validity as the Dutch ASEBA for screening children. Caution is warranted when the SDQ is the only source of information for referrals to specialized care

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confidence: 99%

Screening for psychopathology in child welfare: the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) compared with the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)

Janssens

Deboutte

2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…This is in stark contrast to the median national prevalence of 12% who have had a mental health problem at some time during childhood (Costello, Egger, & Angold, 2005). In comparison studies of young people in foster care and community samples, adolescents in foster care have higher internalizing and externalizing problems, as well as total number of clinically significant mental health problems (Baker, Kurland, Curtis, Alexander, & Papa-Lentini, 2007;Heflinger, Simpkins, & Combs-Orme, 2000;Taussig, 2002). Older youth (16-17 years old) in foster care have a significantly higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, and disruptive behavioral disorders than their same age peers (McMillen et al, 2005).…”

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confidence: 91%

Correlates of Emotional Distress in Out‐of‐Home Youth

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Kenyon

Kools

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Child Adoles Psych Nursing

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“…Consequently, children placed in the care of their grandparents are much more likely to have experienced early trauma, hardship, and/or deprivation than are children who remain in the care of their parents. Heflinger, Simpkins, and Combs-Orme (2000) (Smith & Hancock, 2010;Smith & Palmieri, 2007). Dunne and Kettler (2008) found in a sample of 52 Australian custodial grandparents, a strong inverse relationship between psychological well-being and their grandchildren's scores on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%