{"id":31059,"date":"2007-09-01T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/mental-health-ethnicity-sexuality-and-spirituality-among-youth-in-foster-care-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:27:40","slug":"mental-health-ethnicity-sexuality-and-spirituality-among-youth-in-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/mental-health-ethnicity-sexuality-and-spirituality-among-youth-in-foster-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Spirituality Among Youth in Foster Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Catherine Roller White, M.A.; Anne Havalchak, M.P.A.; Lovie Jackson, M.S.W.; Kirk O\u2019Brien, Ph.D.; and Peter J. Pecora, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>With assistance from Casey Family Programs&#8217; direct services offices, interviewers from the University of Michigan completed interviews with 188 adolescents in Casey care in summer and fall 2006. The survey included questions about mental health, spirituality, ethnic identity, gender identity, and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The study found similar mental health diagnosis rates, in the past year, among Casey youth and youth in the general population. Lifetime rates, however, were higher among Casey youth.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Exploratory results related to spirituality, ethnic identity, and sexual orientation are also presented. The report concludes with policy, program, and research recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-sprint-wood-gradient margin-top margin-bottom padding-top wp-block-fifty-fifty\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n <div class=\"grid split-6040 media-left addon-button\">\n <div class=\"content pt-7 md:pt-0\">\n   <div class=\"label text-revolver mb-7 pre-header\">Lea el informe completo<\/div>\n   <h2>Mental Health, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Spirituality Among Youth in Foster Care<\/h2>\n   <div class=\"my-6 text-salt-box\"><p>Interviewers surveyed 188 adolescents in care, including questions on mental health, spirituality, ethnic identity, gender identity and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Informe completo<\/strong><br \/>\nPDF: 625.68 KB<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MentalHealthEthnicitySexuality_FR.pdf\">DESCARGAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resumen ejecutivo<\/strong><br \/>\nPDF: 416.79 KB<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MentalHealthEthnicitySexuality_ES.pdf\">DESCARGAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"gap\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"media  pt-0 md:pt-9\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cover-MentalHealthEthnicitySexuality_FR.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewers surveyed 188 adolescents in care, including questions on mental health, spirituality, ethnic identity, gender identity and sexual orientation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[282,267],"content_type":[205],"hidden-tags-misc":[],"audience":[498],"content_location":[],"topic":[448,446,447,449,450],"class_list":["post-31059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-partnering","category-promote-shared-responsibility","content_type-brief","audience-social-worker-direct-practitioner","topic-behavioral-health","topic-lgbtq2sia","topic-lived-experience","topic-native-american-american-indian-alaska-native","topic-older-youth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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