Child Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital

Early on during my undergraduate studies I acted as an intern at Yale’s Child Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital. Although most of my days were quite enjoyable, there were days when my heart broke for the youth that I was working with on a day-to-day basis. This particular psychiatric hospital was designed for children under the age of 15 who were experiencing emotional distress regularly and could not cope with every day struggles that others could handle more appropriately. Most of these children were in the foster care system and although some may have been fortunate enough to be placed with families who showered them with unconditional love, some children were not as lucky. Before doing my internship, I never worked with children who were a

When we were instructed to do an article critique on a pressing child welfare issue I knew that this was my time to explore the questions that I have been asking for years. Surprisingly, I did not find a lot of information but I was not going to give up on this topic. I selected this particular article because this article comes from the American Psychological Association, which is a credible source to gather information from. Also, this article had a lot to offer. This one article consists of multiple passages put together by authors who have an incredible amount of knowledge about the mental health needs of foster children and children at risk of removal, societies responses to the matter as a whole, challenges that the systems are facing, and what agencies and practitioners can do to improve the outcomes of these situations. As previously noted, not only did I want to explore why this was happening, but I also wanted to see how I could make a change and help these children who are in need. This article was going to give me everything that I had longed for. I appreciate the time that we were given to study, in depth, about topics that interested