Children in adoptive families: Overview and update

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 987-995

  Nickman, Steven L ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Alvin A ^a   Fine, Paul ^c   MacIntyre, James C ^d   Pilowsky, Daniel J ^e   Howe, Ruth Arlene ^f   Derdeyn, Andre ^a   Gonzales, Mayu Bonoan ^g   Forsythe, Linda ^b   Sveda, Sally A ^a  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^g New York Foundling   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attachment; Foster care; Parenting; Placement

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 25444486180     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000174463.60987.69     Document Type: Article

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