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Psychiatric illness among adults adopted as infants
Author(s) -
Bohman M.,
Knorring A.L. Von
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb00269.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , epidemiology , medicine , personality disorders , substance abuse , alcohol abuse , psychiatric diagnosis , personality , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , social psychology
In an epidemiological study of 2,323 adopted adults, the registrations about sick‐leave, diagnoses and hospitalization (F‐cards) from the National Health Insurance were studied. There was a significantly higher frequency of psychiatric illness among the adoptees compared with non‐adopted controls. A classification into different diagnostic groups from the records of psychiatric hospitals showed an over‐representation due to alcohol and drug abuse and personality disorders in both male and female adoptee groups compared with non‐adopted controls. There was also an over‐representation in the male adoptee group due to neuroses.