A recent study conducted through the University of Minnesota has found that adopted children are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavioral disorder or have contact with mental health professionals than non-adopted children. The results were compiled after researchers assessed over 600 adopted children and 540 who were not adopted.

"Children who had been adopted scored higher than non-adoptees on continuous measures of behavioral and emotional problems, the team found. Adoptees were about twice as likely to have had contact with a mental health professional and of having a disruptive behavior disorder..."

The study's lead author, Margaret Keyes, was quick to say that this information shouldn't deter people from adopting. It is instead meant to make adoptive-parents aware of potential problems so they can be looking for signs and preparing to handle any of these issues, should they arise. Source: MedicineNet.

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Labels: adoptees, mental_health, troubled_children

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