Fialkov M J
Westmoreland County Children's Bureau, Greensburg, PA.
Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1988;16(4):343-57.
Over the past 20 years increasing interest has been given to children's rights that grant special protections to children living apart from their biological parents. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 was promulgated to prevent unnecessary removal of children from their original families and to ensure permanency when return to their families could not be secured. The psychiatrist's role in this process has been to ensure that effective interventions occur prior to the child being removed from home and that every effort is made to return the child to his or her family of origin once placement has been made. In the event that the child cannot return home, the psychiatrist can assist the court by providing grounds for termination of parental rights and by otherwise ensuring that the child's best interests are protected.
在过去20年里，人们越来越关注儿童权利，这些权利给予了与亲生父母分开生活的儿童特殊保护。1980年颁布的《收养援助和儿童福利法》旨在防止不必要地将儿童从其原生家庭带走，并在无法确保儿童回归原生家庭时确保其永久安置。精神病医生在这一过程中的作用是确保在儿童被带离家庭之前进行有效的干预，并在安置之后尽一切努力让儿童回归其原生家庭。如果儿童无法回家，精神病医生可以通过提供终止父母权利的理由以及以其他方式确保儿童的最大利益得到保护来协助法庭。
