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Tonmyr, Lil; Williams, Gabriela; Jack, Susan M.; MacMillan, Harriet L. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
This study examined factors associated with decisions in favour of out-of-home placement following investigations involving infants at risk of maltreatment. We used data from a sample of children less than 1 year of age (n = 763) investigated by child welfare services across Canada in 2003. We tested unadjusted relationships with placement using…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Placement, Child Abuse, Prevention
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Romano, Elisa; Zoccolillo, Mark; Paquette, Daniel – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: The study investigated histories of child maltreatment and psychiatric disorder in a high-risk sample of pregnant adolescents. Method: Cross-sectional data were obtained for 252 pregnant adolescents from high school, hospital, and group home settings in Montreal (Canada). Adolescents completed a child maltreatment questionnaire and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Sexual Abuse, Pregnancy