Personal strengths and traumatic experiences among institutionalized children given up at birth (les enfants de Duplessis-Duplessis' children). II: Adaptation in late adulthood

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 783-789

  Perry, J Christopher ^a,b,c,d   Sigal, John J ^a,b   Boucher, Sophie ^a,b   Paré, Nikolas ^a,b   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a,b   Normand, Julie ^a,b   Henry, Melissa ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult defenses and functioning; Childhood strengths; Childhood trauma; Orphanages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 28844438849     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000188960.30816.25     Document Type: Article

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