Effects of Therapeutic Interventions for Foster Children on Behavioral Problems, Caregiver Attachment, and Stress Regulatory Neural Systems

: Young children in foster care are exposed to high levels of stress. These experiences place foster children at risk for poor social, academic, and mental heath outcomes. The role of adverse events in stimulating neurobiological stress responses presumably plays a role in shaping neural systems th...

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Published in:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1094; no. 1; pp. 215 - 225
Main Authors:	FISHER, PHILIP A., GUNNAR, MEGAN R., DOZIER, MARY, BRUCE, JACQUELINE, PEARS, KATHERINE C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01-12-2006
Subjects:	Adaptation, Psychological adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) Animals axis Caregivers - psychology Child Child Behavior Disorders - therapy Child, Preschool cortisol Foster Home Care - psychology Humans Hydrocortisone - analysis hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiopathology Object Attachment Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiopathology stress stress hyporesponsive period (SHRP) Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
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