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Pre‐Adoptive Diagnosis: The Meaning of a Crisis
Author(s) -
Sabatello Ugo,
Natali Paola,
Giannotti Adriano
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1989.tb01275.x
Subject(s) - psychology , meaning (existential) , ask price , modalities , service (business) , social psychology , psychotherapist , social science , sociology , economy , economics
SUMMARY. This paper focuses on, and illustrates with clinical material, some of the specific problems of adoption both for the parents and for the child. It also tries to define some of the psychological peculiarities characteristic of couples who ask for adoption. After this introduction, we explain the modalities of the pre‐adoptive diagnosis used by our Service with their theoretical background, their aims, the problems involved, and the results they intend to achieve.