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The emotional health of children in the family setting

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As a basis for planning services for children, the Mental Health Association of Westchester County initiated a project for estimating the emotional health or impairment of children, 3 to 18 years of age, in the general population. Mothers were interviewed in their homes by trained interviewers. The information obtained, supplemented by data from school records, was evaluated by child psychiatrists, who rated the emotional health of each child on a five-point scale from well to severely impaired, family functioning was also rated. Principal findings regarding impairment are summarized. The relationship of impairment to a number of demographic, familial, and behavioral variables is discussed.

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  1. Olga R. Lurie Ph.D.
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Olga R. Lurie, a psychologist, is Director of the research project on childhood emotional health, sponsored by the Mental Health Association of Westchester County, White Plains, N.Y. The project has been supported by a grant (M.H. 14792) from the National Institute of Mental Health. This report is adapted from a paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Assn. in Philadelphia on April 12, 1969. The author acknowledges the contribution of Esther D. Mallach, C.S.W., Director of the Mental Health Association; Laura Jensen, M.A., Research Assistant; and Thomas S. Langner, Ph.D.; Melvin Schwartz, M.D.; and Patricia Waly, Ph.D., Consultants.

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Lurie, O.R. The emotional health of children in the family setting. Community Ment Health J 6, 229–235 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01435921

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