Psychological Distress, Service Utilization, and Prescribed Medications among Youth with and without Histories of Involvement with Child Protective Services

Autor:	Hayley Hamilton, Anna Marie Danielson, Christine Wekerle, Robert E. Mann, Angela Paglia-Boak
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Public health education Social Welfare Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Health psychology medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Medical prescription Psychiatry business Depression (differential diagnoses)
Zdroj:	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 9:398-409
ISSN:	1557-1882 1557-1874
Popis:	The objective of this study was to examine differences in psychological distress, service utilization, and prescriptions for medications between adolescents with histories of family involvement with child protective services (CPS) and adolescents without such involvement. Data on 3,497 students were obtained from the 2009 cycle of the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, a province-wide school-based survey of 7th to 12th graders. All analyses adjusted for the complex sample design. Results indicated that individuals who reported histories of family involvement with CPS were more likely to report elevated risk of psychological distress, had a greater number of visits to doctors and other professionals for mental health concerns, and were more likely to have been prescribed medications for depression or anxiety than individuals with no involvement with CPS. These results suggest a need for greater research on service utilization and prescription medications among individuals with histories of family involvement with CPS.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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