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Psychiatric illness among adults adopted as infants. 1979

M Bohman, and A L von Knorring

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009790 Occupations Crafts, trades, professions, or other means of earning a living. Vocations,Occupation,Vocation
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000041 Absenteeism Chronic absence from work or other duty.
D000300 Adoption Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation. Adoptions
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001523 Mental Disorders Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders

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