When emotionally troubled children grow up: adjustment in young adults who attended a psycho-educational treatment center

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1993 Spring;23(3):175-82. doi: 10.1007/BF00707148.

Abstract

This study examined post treatment outcomes of 88 young adults who attended a psycho-educational center for moderately to seriously emotionally troubled children. Over 60% made positive adjustment to adult life; the remainder were marginally functioning. Most subjects did not continue after high school with post-secondary education or vocational training nor did they or their parents receive individual and family therapy or supports from social services. Academic skills and parents' involvement in psycho-therapy were predictors of positive adjustment; child abuse was negatively correlated with adjustment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Affective Symptoms / diagnosis
  • Affective Symptoms / rehabilitation
  • Affective Symptoms / therapy*
  • Child
  • Child Behavior Disorders / diagnosis
  • Child Behavior Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Child Behavior Disorders / therapy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Day Care, Medical
  • Education, Special
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychotherapy
  • Residential Treatment*
  • Social Adjustment*
  • Social Support