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- Title
Children from disrupted and adoptive homes on an inpatient unit.
- Authors
Dickson, L R; Heffron, W M; Parker, C
- Abstract
Among 375 children and adolescents admitted to a psychiatric hospital inpatient unit, the proportion of adopted children was considerably higher than that of a general pediatric population or of census figures, and the majority of nonadoptees were from disrupted homes. Based on a review of case records, adoption and family disruptions appear to increase significantly the length of hospitalization and to shift diagnoses toward behavioral disturbances. Implications for prevention and treatment are considered.
- Publication
The American journal of orthopsychiatry, 1990, Vol 60, Issue 4, p594
- ISSN
0002-9432
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/h0079211