Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Assessment of Children in Foster Care

Abstract: The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses and accepts as its policy the Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Assessment of Children in Foster Care.

The Policy Statement is available on the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Web site: http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/policy_statements/aacap/cwla_policy_statement_on_mental_health_and_use_of_alcohol_and_other_drugs_screening_and_assessment_of_children_in_foster_care.

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