Improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care – a feasibility study with caregivers

Institutionalized children in low-income countries often face maltreatment and inadequate caregiving. In addition to prior traumatization and other childhood adversities in the family of origin, abuse and neglect in institutional care are linked to various mental health problems. By providing a manu...

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Main Authors: Katharin eHermenau, Elisa eKaltenbach, Getrude eMkinga, Tobias eHecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00937/full