The Psychology of Adoption by David M Brodzinsky

The Psychology of Adoption by David M Brodzinsky

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Recent empirical work has shown that adopted children are more vulnerable to a host of psychological problems than their non-adopted peers. In this book, theoretical, empirical, clinical, and social policy issues offer new insights into these problems.

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The Psychology of Adoption by David M Brodzinsky

Recent empirical work has shown that adopted children are more vulnerable to a host of psychological and school-related problems compared to their non-adopted peers. The rate of referral of adopted children to mental-health facilities is far above what would be expected given their representation in the general population. However, our understanding of the basis of these problems remains unclear. David Brodzinsky has conducted one of the largest studies of adopted children. Along with Marshall Schechter, a child psychiatrist, he has brought together a group of leading researchers from various disciplines to explore the complex, interdisciplinary subject of adoption. Theoretical, empirical, clinical, and social policy issues offer new insights into the problems facing parents of adopted children and especially the children themselves. The book is a comprehensive study and will be of interest to child psychiatrists, developmental and clinical psychologists, social workers, and social service providers.

David M. Brodzinsky is Associate Professor, Developmental and Clinical Psychology, Rutgers University. Marshall D. Schechter is Professor Emeritus, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
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ISBN 13 9780195048926
ISBN 10 019504892X
Title The Psychology of Adoption
Author David M Brodzinsky
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1990-04-12
Number of pages 414
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