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‘It must be because…’: Non-biological care and mental health Part I. Setting the context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Cas O’Neill  and
Deborah Absler
Deborah Absler
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email on: c.oneill@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

This article (the first of a series of three) reviews the research and literature on the connections between non-biological care (adoption, permanent care, foster care and residential care) and mental health and relates this to the policy context in Victoria.

The implications of the over-representation of children who have experienced non-biological care in a mental health setting are explored.

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Children Australia , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , 1998 , pp. 4 - 8
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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