Steinhauer P D
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario.
Can J Psychiatry. 1988 Aug;33(6):459-67. doi: 10.1177/070674378803300606.
There is a general, but unproven, belief that long-term foster care is inherently unstable and consistently damaging. This paper discusses eight biological, psychological and social factors that the literature considers responsible for the failures of long-term fostering. It then summarizes the clinical picture presented by such failures, pointing out how changes in the nature of children coming into care have necessitated shifts in the type of foster care required to meet their needs. The major part of the paper uses this knowledge to derive seven keys and associated practical strategies for preventing psychological and social deterioration for children in care.
有一种普遍但未经证实的观点认为，长期寄养本质上是不稳定的，而且会持续造成伤害。本文讨论了文献中认为导致长期寄养失败的八个生物学、心理学和社会因素。然后总结了这些失败所呈现的临床情况，指出进入寄养照料的儿童性质的变化如何使得满足他们需求所需的寄养类型发生了转变。本文的主要部分利用这些知识得出了七个关键要点及相关实用策略，以防止寄养儿童出现心理和社会方面的恶化。
