Follow-up of Psychiatric and Educational Morbidity among Adopted Children
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPublished 1 September 1993
Ellen L. Lipman, David R. Offord, Michael H. Boyle, Yvonne Racine
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Adopted children did not do significantly worse than nonadopted children over time in terms of educational morbidity or substance use, but adopted boys demonstrated a significantly increased risk of psychiatric disorder versus nonad adopted boys.
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Adopted children did not do significantly worse than nonadopted children over time in terms of educational morbidity or substance use, but adopted boys demonstrated a significantly increased risk of psychiatric disorder versus nonadopted boys.
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