Prevalence of mental health problems among children placed in out-of-home care in Denmark
Prevalence of mental health problems among children placed in out-of-home care in Denmark
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00620.x
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Lausten, Mette
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作者：
Egelund, Tine;Lausten, Mette
本文关注丹麦家庭寄养和寄宿儿童中心理健康问题的普遍程度。1995年出生在丹麦的所有儿童（n = 1072），现在或以前被安置在家庭外照顾（n = 1072），与一组同龄的弱势儿童（n = 1457，称为“家庭照顾儿童”）和所有同时代的不是儿童保护客户的儿童（n = 71221，称为“非福利儿童”）进行比较。患病率数据建立在国家行政登记数据的基础上，包括儿童的精神诊断数据，以及通过优势和困难问卷（SDQ）对家庭外照顾儿童、家庭照顾儿童和非福利儿童进行评分的调查数据。结果显示，20%的家庭外儿童至少有一种精神病诊断，而非福利儿童的这一比例为3%。此外，几乎一半的受照顾儿童（48%）在SDQ的异常范围内得分，而非福利儿童的这一比例为5%。
This paper concerns the prevalence of mental health problems among children in family foster and residential care within a Danish context. All children, born in Denmark in 1995, who are or formerly have been placed in out-of-home care (n = 1072), are compared with a group of vulnerable children of the same age, subjected to child protection interventions but living at home (n = 1457, referred to as the 'in home care children'), and to all contemporaries who are not child protection clients (n = 71 321, referred to as the 'non-welfare children'). Prevalence data are established on the basis of national administrative register data, including data on psychiatric diagnoses of the children, and on survey data scoring children in out-of-home care, in home care children, and non-welfare children by means of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results show that 20% of children in out-of-home care have at least one psychiatric diagnosis compared to 3% of the non-welfare children. Almost half of the children in care (48%) are, furthermore, scored within the abnormal range of SDQ, compared to 5% of the non-welfare children.