Looked After Children and Young People

Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care

BMJ · 1996 · 1.6K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Sciences +17

Psychiatric disorder among British children looked after by local authorities: Comparison with children living in private households

Tamsin Ford, Panos Vostanis, Howard Meltzer et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2007 · 515 citations · Full text

Public Health, Child Health, Psychiatry +16

Psychiatric symptoms and substance use disorders in a nationally representative sample of American adolescents involved with foster care

Daniel J. Pilowsky, Li‐Tzy Wu · Journal of Adolescent Health · 2006 · 275 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +17

Into adulthood: a follow‐up study of 718 young people who were placed in out‐of‐home care during their teens

Bo Vinnerljung, Marie Sallnäs · Child & Family Social Work · 2008 · 263 citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Adolescent Development +15

The Background of Children who enter Local Authority Care

Andrew Bebbington, John Miles · The British Journal of Social Work · 1989 · 230 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Social Policy +9