 Orphanages
"Orphanages" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Institutions for the housing and care of orphans, foundlings, and abandoned children. They have existed as such since the medieval period but the heading is applicable to such usage also in modern parlance.
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D019372
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.825.700
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orphanages" by people in Profiles.
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Gearing RE, Brewer KB, Elkins J, Ibrahim RW, MacKenzie MJ, Schwalbe CS. Prevalence and correlates of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidality in Jordanian youth in institutional care. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2015 Mar; 203(3):175-81.
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Muhamedrahimov RJ, Grigorenko EL. Seeing the trees within the forest: addressing the needs of children without parental care in the Russian Federation. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2015; 2015(147):101-8.
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MacKenzie MJ, Gearing RE, Schwalbe CS, Ibrahim RW, Brewer KB, Al-Sharaihah R. Child mental health in Jordanian orphanages: effect of placement change on behavior and caregiving. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Dec 21; 14:316.
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MacKenzie MJ, Brewer KB, Schwalbe CS, Gearing RE, Ibrahim RW, Batayneh J, Darwish DM, Al-Kharabsheh J, Al-Zu'bi MH. Foster care as a viable alternative to institutional care in the Middle East: community acceptance and stigma across type of placement in Jordan. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 Jul; 33(6):517-21.
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