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'''Adopted child syndrome''' is a controversial term that has been used to explain behaviors in ] children that are claimed to be related to their ] status. Specifically, these include problems in bonding, ]s, lying, stealing, defiance of authority, and acts of violence. The term has never achieved acceptance in the professional community. The term is not found in the ]'s ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual'', 4th edition, TR. David Kirschner, who coined the term, says that most adoptees are not disturbed and that the syndrome only applies to "a small clinical subgroup".<ref name=Lifton, (1975)>Lifton, Betty Jean (1975). "Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience" ISBN 0-06-097132-0 (pp.274 - 275).</ref> Researchers Brodizinsky, Brodzinsky, Schechter, & Henig<ref>Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter, and Robin Marantz Henig, 1993</ref> find that in a review of the literature, generally children adopted before the age of six-months fare no differently than children raised with their biological parents. Later problems that develop among children adopted from the child welfare system at an older age are usually associated with the effects of chronic early maltreatment in the caregiving relationship; abuse and neglect. | ||
Psychologist Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adopted person, has written extensively on psychopathology in adopted people, primarily in ''Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience'', and ''Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness'' and briefly discusses Adopted child syndrome.<ref name=Lifton, (1975)>Lifton, Betty Jean (1975). "Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience" ISBN 0-06-097132-0.</ref> | Psychologist Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adopted person, has written extensively on psychopathology in adopted people, primarily in ''Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience'', and ''Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness'' and briefly discusses Adopted child syndrome.<ref name=Lifton, (1975)>Lifton, Betty Jean (1975). "Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience" ISBN 0-06-097132-0.</ref> |
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Adopted child syndrome is a controversial term that has been used to explain behaviors in adopted children that are claimed to be related to their adoptive status. Specifically, these include problems in bonding, attachment disorders, lying, stealing, defiance of authority, and acts of violence. The term has never achieved acceptance in the professional community. The term is not found in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, TR. David Kirschner, who coined the term, says that most adoptees are not disturbed and that the syndrome only applies to "a small clinical subgroup". Researchers Brodizinsky, Brodzinsky, Schechter, & Henig find that in a review of the literature, generally children adopted before the age of six-months fare no differently than children raised with their biological parents. Later problems that develop among children adopted from the child welfare system at an older age are usually associated with the effects of chronic early maltreatment in the caregiving relationship; abuse and neglect.
Psychologist Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adopted person, has written extensively on psychopathology in adopted people, primarily in Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience, and Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness and briefly discusses Adopted child syndrome.
See also
- Attachment disorder
- Child abuse
- Child welfare
- Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
- Reactive attachment disorder
External links
- Adopted Child Syndrome page, including bibliography
- Adoption History: Psychopatholgy Studies
- Adoption: Uncharted Waters Official Book Web Site
- AICAN - Australian Intercountry Adoption Network
References
- ^ Lifton, Betty Jean (1975). "Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience" ISBN 0-06-097132-0 (pp.274 - 275). Cite error: The named reference "Lifton," was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter, and Robin Marantz Henig, 1993
- Lifton, Betty Jean. "Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience" ISBN 0-06-097132-0 (1975); "Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness" ISBN 0-465-03675-9 (1995).
- Smith, Jerome. "The Adopted Child Syndrome: A Methodological Perspective" Families in Society 82 no5 491-7 S/O 2001