Childhood out-of-home care and later crime, mental health, and mortality up to retirement age

ICON member Ylva B Almquist published a prospective birth cohort study together with Hilma Forsman, Glena Hossein, Olof Bäckman and Lars Brännström. The study examines offending, psychiatric disorders and premature mortality from early adulthood to retirement age among individuals with and without childhood experience of out-of-home care. About the study Children placed in out-of-home careContinue reading “Childhood out-of-home care and later crime, mental health, and mortality up to retirement age”

Disrupting the path from placement in out-of-home care to adult crime: mediation and interaction by educational attainment

A new longitudinal study based on the Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigen examines whether educational attainment can disrupt the pathway between childhood placement in out-of-home care and criminal offending in adulthood. About the study Childhood experience of out-of-home care (OHC) is strongly associated with an increased risk of criminal offending later in life. However, less isContinue reading “Disrupting the path from placement in out-of-home care to adult crime: mediation and interaction by educational attainment”

A prospective examination of offending trajectories in men and women with out-of-home care experience followed up until retirement age

ICON member Ylva B Almquist published a prospective birth cohort study together with Hilma Forsman, Glena Hossein, Olof Bäckman and Lars Brännström. The study examines offending, psychiatric disorders and premature mortality from early adulthood to retirement age among individuals with and without childhood experience of out-of-home care. About the study Children placed in out-of-home careContinue reading “A prospective examination of offending trajectories in men and women with out-of-home care experience followed up until retirement age”

Offending and psychiatric disorders from age 20 to 63 among individuals with and without past experience of out-of-home care in Sweden

ICON member Ylva B Almquist published a prospective multi-trajectory cohort study together with Süheyla Seker, Glena Hossein, Olof Bäckman and Lars Brännström. About the study Globally, millions of children and adolescents are placed in foster or residential out-of-home care (OHC) due to maltreatment such as neglect or abuse. A considerable number of young people areContinue reading “Offending and psychiatric disorders from age 20 to 63 among individuals with and without past experience of out-of-home care in Sweden”