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In spite of significant developments in the field of family therapy in the past twenty-five years, the phenomenon of institutionalization of children has not been examined from the viewpoint of family systems theory. The institutionalized child usually is considered to be a disturbed youngster suffering from severe individual psychopathology rather than manifesting the dysfunctions of his family system. It is time that family therapists extend the insights gained from treatment of whole families into the phenomenon of institutionalization, since such a large number of children are institutionalized throughout the country. There are 70,000 children in psychiatric hospitals, 10,000 children in residential treatment centers, 44,000 children in correctional facilities, 80,000 in institutions for dependent and neglected children and 200,000 children in foster care (Lourie and Lourie, 1971).
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Sholevar, G.P. (1980). Families of Institutionalized Children. In: Sholevar, G.P., Benson, R.M., Blinder, B.J. (eds) Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6684-3_12
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