Dr. Lucy S. King (Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans) and Dr. Kathryn L. Humphreys (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) join AJP Audio to discuss the long term impacts of a pioneering randomized controlled trial that looked at the impacts of institutional care versus home foster care in children, the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. They also discuss the impacts of deprivation on children’s development and mental health, and the thorny ethics of research involving children.

The impact of deprivation [01:19]
Bucharest Early Intervention Project and the ethics of research involving children [04:43]
Analyzing diverse data [08:57]
Why revisit this trial? [16:05]
Long term impacts of the intervention [18:39]
Limitations [23:22]
Policy implications [26:16]
Further research [30:18]

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August 2023: A Comprehensive Multilevel Analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal Effects on Recovery From Early Severe Deprivation

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