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Reply to "Are their any statistics about depression with international adopted kids versus biological kids?"
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[quote=Anonymous]There is definitely research that adoptees - not just from Korean - receive more mental health treatment than those not adopted. My totally unprofessional opinion is that there are two issues: 1. Adoption is a trauma-inducing event, even if you are an infant when it happens. The normal self-identity process that teens go through is magnified when you don't have biological parents and family as a guidepost. No matter how wonderful your parents, there are still some real identity issues with being adopted. 2. Adoptive parents, assuming they were appropriately educated during the adoption process, are aware of the issues and concerns that might pop up. Because of this, they are often quick to ensure their child gets any help they might need to navigate these issues, including going to mental health professionals. So behavior that, in a biological child, might be considered just a phase, is addressed more proactively in many adoptive families.[/quote]
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