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Adoption and mental health: a theoretical critique of the psychopathological model
1Department of Sociology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, USA.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
The extant research on adoption and mental health is reviewed, and an alternative interactionist perspective is offered that acknowledges the social embeddedness of experiences of adoption and infertility. While cultural factors enter into the etiology and medical definition of all mental health problems, the particular importance of considering cultural components when addressing the needs of individuals who hold a stigmatized social status is emphasized.