Reports show that Multidimensional treatment has effective results in reducing depression, arrest rates, deviant peer affiliations, placement disruption, and pregnancy rates while having positive replication trials. It is one method that attempts to incorporate trauma- and violence-informed care into its design.Researchers have faced difficulty when it comes to accurately assessing what makes MTFC and other similar programs that involve multiple levels of intervention successful. It seems to remain in a "black box"  scenario where it is unsure what aspect of the treatment plan is actually producing positive effects. Multiple peer-reviewed research articles on foster care programs point out a lack of research effectively evaluating the outcomes of specific foster care programs, calling for more complete assessments to be conducted  in order to properly compare outcomes between treatment plans and evaluate what practices in MTFC are most effective. Ethical concerns have also been raised by Therese Åström and other associated researchers when conducting a systematic review on behalf of the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services in 2018, noting that on the one hand MTFC is evaluated as effective, however, it tends to be implemented in a way that diminishes the childs agency. Cross-cultural adoption policies
George Shanti, Nico Van Oudenhoven, and Ekha Wazir, co-authors of Foster Care Beyond the Crossroads: Lessons from an International Comparative Analysis, say that there are four types of Government foster care systems. The first one is that of developing countries.
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a rather common disorder in which the spine starts abnormally curving (scoliosis) at the age of 10–18 years old. This disorder generally occurs during the growth spurt that occurs right before and during adolescence. In some teens, the curvature is progressive, meaning that it generally gets worse over time, however this is rare, since it is more common for this variant of scoliosis to show itself as a mild curvature. Causes
The cause of this disorder in most teens is generally unknown. Although it is thought to be caused by both genetic and environmental factors.For example, 30% (3 in 10) of teens with the disorder have a family history of AIS, but even then, a common genetic cause for this condition has not been found. Epidemiology
This condition affects between 1-4% of teens (1 in 100–1 in 25). But only 0.25% (1 in 400) of them need treatment for it. And an even smaller portion of them die prematurely due to a severe curvature. and the symptoms it causes.Although mild curvatures affect females and males equally (incidence-wise), severe curvatures tend to affect female teens more than male teens (also incidence-wise). == References ==