Adopted, Foster Care Children: Mental Health Issues
Channel: Prof. Sam Vaknin
Date: 2023-10-21

Importance of mother demonstrated via studies of orphans (ERA), adoptees, and foster care children. When mistreated, children often inquire: “Am I adopted?”

We need to revolutionize the adoption process: full disclosure to the adoptee from day 1 and close collaboration between the family of origin and the adoptive family. 

LITERATURE

Selma Fraiberg and Rene Spitz on pathological defenses in infancy

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What Are the Mental Health Effects of Being Adopted?
By Theodora Blanchfield, AMFT 
Published on February 14, 2022
 
Paine, A.L., Fahey, K., Anthony, R.E. et al. Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 30, 721–732 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01553-0

Paine A, and others. The neurocognitive profiles of children adopted from care and their emotional and behavioural problems at home and school. Child Neuropsychology. 2020;16;1-20

Meakings S, and others. Birth sibling relationships after adoption: the experience of contact with brothers and sisters living elsewhere. British Journal of Social Work. 2016;30:386-396.

Paine A, and others. Charting the trajectories of adopted children’s emotional and behavioral problems: the impact of early adversity and post-adoptive parental warmth. Development and Psychopathology. 2020;1-15

Depression and anxiety symptoms of British adoptive parents: a prospective four-wave longitudinal study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019;16:5153

Anthony R, and others. Adverse childhood experiences of children adopted from care: The importance of adoptive parental warmth for future child adjustment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019;16:2212

Anthony R, and others. Patterns of adversity and post-traumatic stress among children adopted from care. Child Abuse Negl. 2020;7:104795 

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