Adoption counseling as a preventive mental health specialty.
Adoption workers who consider one goal of their work the prevention of emotional problems can help adoptive families and adoptees deal with the risks that are inherent in adoption.
D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003158:Community Psychiatry; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011316:Preventive Psychiatry; D013038:Specialization