title: Editorial Perspective: Effective mental health and psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents in street situations.
abstract: Children and adolescents in street situations (CASS) in low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) could arguably be regarded as the most at-risk group of children for mental health and psychosocial impairments compared with any other group of children. CASS, street-connected children and street children are some of the terms used to describe this group of children who have some association with the street; such as living, working or loitering for long periods of time on the street. These children are often described as 'voiceless'; a vulnerable group of children who experience a considerable amount of adversity from a young age.
authors.affiliation: Community Psychology Services, Markievicz House, Sligo, Ireland.|School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0248-4769
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watters
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
keywords: Mental health; intervention; third world children