Studies in Adoption: Requests for Psychiatric Treatment
HENRY H. WORK M.D.1, and
HANS ANDERSON 2
1 Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024
2 Second-year medical student, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024
It has been observed that parents of adopted children frequently seek psychiatric treatment for them. The authors conducted a study of the children at the U.C.L.A. Neuropsychiatric Institute and confirmed this finding. They believe that certain patterns of child rearing among adoptive parents contribute to their adopted children's difficulties.
