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Adoption Process
October 03, 2008
Scientists have found that a small proportion of adopted teens have
a higher risk of certain behavioral and emotional problems than
their non-adopted counterparts. University of Minnesota researchers
assessed 514 internationally adopted adolescents and 178
domestically adopted teens (aged 11 to 21) and compared them with
540 non-adopted kids of the same age. They found that children who
had been adopted scored higher than non-adoptees on measures of
behavioral and emotional problems. Adoptees al...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Traci Mulder
,
Health Expert
...until we could come up with the money to start the adoption process. In a stroke of good...
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By John McManamy
,
Health Expert
We all know what we're talking about, here. Humans neatly divide into two types - cat people and...
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By Terry Matlen, ACSW
,
Health Expert
...and 540 non-adopted adolescents, aged 11 to 21. The adoptions had occurred by the time the...
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By Dorian Martin
,
Health Expert
We have a new member of the family…a dog, that is. But this happy news came at the sadness of...
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By Amy Hendel
,
Health Expert
Whether you are thinking about making babies, already pregnant, or mom and dad to several - here...
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