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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2009

Adopted Kids More Likely to Have Social Problems

(Newser Summary) – Adopted children are twice as likely as biological offspring to develop mental-health disorders in adolescence, but rates are low overall, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. International adoptees in a group of more than 1,200 Minnesota residents had lower overall rates of the conditions than American-born children, but they were more susceptible to internalized problems such as depression, researchers said.

Rather than relying entirely on parents' impressions, "we brought them all right into our laboratories and asked the same questions to both the child and the parents," the lead researcher told Time. "That way we were able to use our clinical training to diagnose symptoms ourselves."
Sources: Minneapolis Star Tribune, Time

elsewhere: Read the report Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine • Troubled lives could be ahead for adoptees Time • Adopted teens face higher risk of ADHD NPR

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Adopted children have a higher risk of behavioral disorders, according to a new study.   (Shutterstock)
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Ann and David Roth stand in the nursery they have readied for two 9-month-old babies they have been preparing for a year to adopt from Guatemala.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Laurie Saunders kisses her adopted daughter, Katie at her birthday party as grandmother Kathy Sawyer looks on in Charlotte, North Carolina.   (KRT Photos)
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