Psychiatric disorders among adopted children: A review and commentary

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-73

  Ingersoll, Barbara D ^a,b  

^a Montgomery County Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Conduct disorder; Psychopathology and adopted children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001775261     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v01n01_04     Document Type: Review

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