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What happens to the child of a single parent when the parent is admitted to a psychiatric hospital?
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Options: Either arrangements are made with close family or friends to take care of the child or juvenile court provides temporary foster care.
Answered 5/3/2016
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Need supervision: Often a relative will step in and provide emergency supervision. Sometime it is necessary for child protective services to provide temporary custodial arrangements or respite care. Occasionally the child can be admitted simultaneously to a child psychiatric unit of the hospital.
Answered 9/28/2016
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