title: Psychopathology in adopted and nonadopted children: a clinical sample.
abstract: The relationships of adoptive status to presenting psychopathology and to demographic and psychosocial variables were examined in a large sample of children and adolescents who attended psychiatric outpatient services over a 14-year period. Adopted boys and girls were both at increased risk of disruptive behavior, including conduct disorders and ADHD. Age at time of adoption was not related to psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: Maudsley Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fombonne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000300:Adoption; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies