Abstract

In the foster care system in the United States has millions of children who are lacking families a deal with emotional and physical abuse daily, and the outcome of these problems is unstable mental health in the children and those who age out of the foster care system. The only way to move forward with the individuals affected by this is by having more strict and secluded regulations and requirements to foster children, and include therapy sessions for foster children regardless of what the social workers are aware of what is going on within the households of these homes. With extended amounts of therapy, this allows the children to open up and feel more comfortable with therapists and discussing these problems by building healthy relationships. As for adults who age out of the system and have deal and suffer the outcomes of unstable homes with more than one form of abuse or any abuse that is involved, there should be access to federally funded therapy sessions with them.

Keywords   Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Foster care system, Children, Teen mothers.

Wilson, K., Glebova, T., Davis, S., & Seshadri, G. (2017). Adolescent Mothers in Foster Care: Relational Ethics, Depressive Symptoms and Health Problems Through a Contextual Therapy Lens. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 39(3), 150–161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-017-9417-ye3

The main key points in “Adolescent Mothers in Foster Care: Relational Ethics, Depressive Symptoms and Health Problems Through a Contextual Therapy Lens. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal” by Wilson, K., Glebova, T., Davis, S., & Seshadri, G. points out mental and physical health in teen mothers, 15-19 years of age, in the foster care system, Family and non-family placement, the impact of Contextual Theory, and broke down how they participated in the study of the dissertation project which was a part of the University’s Review Board.

This study was conducted in order to notice the issues within the foster families to begin with to see where addressing needs to start and where, as a system, can improve on the needs that children have to have satisfied. By focusing in the teens age group, researches are able to notice the impacts actions have on them. Caring for foster children can be a way to help kids without a home or to build your own family. But your foster child’s behavior might often baffle you. Foster care — even good foster care — can have profound effects on a child. Every move your foster child has had to endure, even if the previous home was abusive or neglectful, takes a toll on his security.

The main focus of the study was to focus on the mental health stability of the young adolescent mothers who were out of options. The concluded outcomes are that minors are at a higher risk rate to teen pregnancy, drug use and depression when in the foster care system. This is because of emotional abuse and lack of affection from the foster care families.  Contextual Therapy theory was brought up in this research, it includes family history, family therapy and systematic transactions. This determines to teaching a way of trust and compatibility within a family trying to work out their flaws and