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Family

Jul. 29, 2005

Foster Children Pay Price for Overworked, Inadequate System

Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - Picture a soldier in battle, hunched over his rifle, grenades exploding on all sides and buddies wounded and dying before his eyes. That's probably the most anguishing scenario most of us can imagine. Yet a recent study found that the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder among former foster children is twice as high as that of U.S. war veterans.

        
Forum Column

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky
        
        Picture a soldier in battle, hunched over his...

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