Emily Fisher

TL;DR: This study highlights high rates of MH problems in teens of all ages and placement locations and suggests that all teens involved with child welfare should be screened for MH problems, regardless of initial placement status.

TL;DR: Mental health services utilization increases as young children come into contact with schools and medical providers or have more intensive involvement with child welfare, and there was a decrease in service use over the 18-month follow-up that may be a result of the tremendous financial challenges taking place in the United States.

TL;DR: Identifiable MH problems are common, but few children receive services for those problems, and the lack of services received by these young, multi-challenged children is a services systems and social policy failure.

TL;DR: The finding that a much higher proportion of these children investigated for maltreatment have CHC than in the general population underscores the substantial health problems of children investigated by child welfare agencies and the need to monitor their health carefully, regardless of their placement postinvestigation.

TL;DR: Directors of child welfare agencies frequently institute new programs or practices but they are not often evidence-based, which suggests that developing well informed social networks may be a way to increase the spread of evidence0based practices.