Some aspects of adoption in selected samples of adult adoptees.
Various aspects of adoption--psychopathology, age at placement, agency versus independent placement, best age to tell child he is adopted, etc.--are studied in three groups of adoptees: biological parent schizophrenic or manic-depressive; adoptive parent schizoprenic or manic-depressive; biological parent with no psychiatric history. Findings raise questions about a number of common assumptions regarding adoptees.
D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001364:Awareness; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics; D002669:Child Welfare; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics