Experience of child welfare services and long-term adult mental health outcomes: a scoping review

ConclusionThere is a need for detailed, longitudinal studies to better understand the relative contribution of pre-existing adversity versus experiences during and after exposure to child welfare services on adult mental health outcomes. More standardised measures of mental ill-health and greater detail from authors on specific care exposure are also needed.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research