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Monday, October, 19, 2009

Facts On Adoption

Adopted children have higher mental health risk

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... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Adoptees at Higher Risk for ADHD
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert

...and 540 non-adopted adolescents, aged 11 to 21. The adoptions had occurred by the time the... Read more »

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Hypoallergenic Pets Are NOT the Same as NON-Allergenic
By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health Expert

There's been a lot of media hype about "hypoallergenic dogs" in the past week since President-Elect... Read more »

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ADHD Question of the Week: Do You Say ADD or ADHD?
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

It is common for people to use the term ADD to describe Attention Deficit Disorder without... Read more »

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Speak Up about Incontinence!
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...occurrence in China as most of the children available for adoption are girls. You would think... Read more »

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The Adoption Option After Breast Cancer
By Traci Mulder , Health Expert

...cancer journey, my husband and I always knew that adoption was a possibility we were very much... Read more »

Health Guide

The Morning After Pill
...at least they know what their options are, should a mistake occur. We should also be strongly urging adoption as an option for those who do get pregnant.  As to whether the presence of emergency... Read more »
Is ADHD Overdiagnosed?
The diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder began around 1980. It was not the first time a diagnosis was given to hyperactivity in children; it is when the American Psychiatric... Read more »
How ADHD Affects the Daily Life of a Child
The major symptoms of ADHD are inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness.  But, as parents of children with ADHD already know, these three symptoms are only part of the story.  There is no part... Read more »
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Stress Part I: Some Landmark Findings
Managing our stress is absolutely critical to managing our illness. In fact, for many of us it may be more useful for us to think of ourselves as having a stress disorder that manifests as a mood... Read more »

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