The emotional aftermath of adoption
Nadelson, C.C.
American Family Physician 14(3): 124-127
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-838X PMID: 961560 Document Number: 108826
Adopted children are emotionally vulnerable. Adoptive parents must cope with more complex problems than biologic parents. The family physician can provide valuable counseling. Preadoption counseling focuses on motivation and ambivalence. After adoption, however, serious, sometimes predictable, issues arise, such as: how and when to tell the child he is adopted; the child's search for knowledge; the problem of subsequent divorce; the birth of a natural sibling, and the involvement of other family members. New concepts include "open adoption" and "single parent adoption."