Pilowsky D
Kennedy Krieger Institute Family Center, Baltimore, MD 21213, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 1995 Sep;46(9):906-10. doi: 10.1176/ps.46.9.906.
The literature on psychopathology among children in family foster care published in the last 20 years was reviewed to estimate prevalence and types of psychopathology in this population.
A comprehensive computerized database was searched for the period 1974 through 1994, with emphasis on recent literature.
Available evidence suggests that the prevalence of psychopathology among children in family foster care is higher than would be expected from normative data, even when this population is compared with children who have backgrounds of similar deprivation. As for the types of psychopathology in this population, the only apparent trend is the predominance of externalizing disorders, such as disruptive behavior disorders. A combination of social, psychological, and biological factors may render children in family foster care highly vulnerable to psychopathology.
回顾过去20年发表的关于家庭寄养儿童心理病理学的文献，以评估该人群心理病理学的患病率和类型。
检索了1974年至1994年的综合计算机数据库，重点关注近期文献。
现有证据表明，家庭寄养儿童心理病理学的患病率高于根据标准数据预期的患病率，即使将该人群与有类似贫困背景的儿童进行比较也是如此。至于该人群心理病理学的类型，唯一明显的趋势是外化障碍占主导，如破坏性行为障碍。社会、心理和生物因素的综合作用可能使家庭寄养儿童极易患上心理病理学疾病。
