The Three Types of Adoptive Parents
Adolescent Adoptee Statistics
- One third of adolescents referred for psychotherapy are adopted.
- Yet, only 2% of the population is adopted.
- Adolescence is the peak period for psychiatric referrals in the life of the adopted person.
- Adopted younger children and adults enter psychotherapy at a rate much more similar to the general population. (Brodzinsky, Smith and Brodzinsky, 1998).
- Adopted adolescents ran away from home more frequently than the control group adolescents.
- Adopted adolescents had a greater incidence of academic and school problems
- Adopted adolescents were less likely to attend college.