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Psychiatric Disorders and Treatment in Adoptees: A Meta-Analytic Comparison with Non-Adoptees

Psychiatric Disorders and Treatment in Adoptees: A Meta-Analytic Comparison with Non-Adoptees This meta-analysis integrates the results of 85 studies on psychiatric disorders and treatment in adoptees and non-adoptees. The risk of adoptees experiencing psychiatric disorders, contact with mental health services, or treatment in a psychiatric hospital was approximately twice as high as that of non-adoptees. Elevated risks were observed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders, anxiety disorders, conduct disorders/oppositional defiant disorders, depression, substance use disorders, and psychoses. Larger effect sizes were, in part, found in clinical studies than in community-based studies, in studies with a higher percentage of individuals adopted after the age of three years and international adoptees, and in older studies. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Psychiatric Disorders and Treatment in Adoptees: A Meta-Analytic Comparison with Non-Adoptees

Behle, Anika E.; Pinquart, Martin
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 19 (4): 23 – Oct 1, 2016
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Psychiatric Disorders and Treatment in Adoptees: A Meta-Analytic Comparison with Non-Adoptees

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This meta-analysis integrates the results of 85 studies on psychiatric disorders and treatment in adoptees and non-adoptees. The risk of adoptees experiencing psychiatric disorders, contact with mental health services, or treatment in a psychiatric hospital was approximately twice as high as that of non-adoptees. Elevated risks were observed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders, anxiety disorders, conduct disorders/oppositional defiant disorders, depression, substance use disorders,...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2016 Taylor & Francis
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1544-452X
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1092-6755
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10.1080/10926755.2016.1201708
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Abstract

This meta-analysis integrates the results of 85 studies on psychiatric disorders and treatment in adoptees and non-adoptees. The risk of adoptees experiencing psychiatric disorders, contact with mental health services, or treatment in a psychiatric hospital was approximately twice as high as that of non-adoptees. Elevated risks were observed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders, anxiety disorders, conduct disorders/oppositional defiant disorders, depression, substance use disorders, and psychoses. Larger effect sizes were, in part, found in clinical studies than in community-based studies, in studies with a higher percentage of individuals adopted after the age of three years and international adoptees, and in older studies.

Journal

Adoption Quarterly – Taylor & Francis

Published: Oct 1, 2016

Keywords: Adoption; mental illness; meta-analysis; psychopathology

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