Editorial: Looked‐after children – a perspective into a more resilient future. Issue 4 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pinto, Carmen; Woolgar, Matt
• Is Part Of: Child and adolescent mental health. Volume 20:Issue 4(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 181
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; Child mental health -- Periodicals; Child psychiatry -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Teenagers -- Mental health -- Periodicals; 155.405
• DOI: 10.1111/camh.12127
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-357X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en" id="camh12127-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Looked after children (LAC) are among the most vulnerable group in our society in terms of their risk of a range of poor outcomes including mental health, educational attainments and social wellbeing. Over the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that LAC have a higher prevalence of mental health problems than the general population, including children living with their families in "high‐risk" populations. These children present with high rates of, both emotional and behavioural problems, and also neurodevelopmental problems. This Editorial highlights a collection of 10 articles and accompanying Introduction for a Virtual Issue on LAC, published as a free resource at: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/</ext-link>(ISSN)1475‐3588/homepage/LAC.</p> </abstract>