Adoption counseling as a preventive mental health specialty. 1980

L Katz

Adoption workers who consider one goal of their work the prevention of emotional problems can help adoptive families and adoptees deal with the risks that are inherent in adoption.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D010290 Parents Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent. Step-Parents,Parental Age,Parenthood Status,Stepparent,Age, Parental,Ages, Parental,Parent,Parental Ages,Status, Parenthood,Step Parents,Step-Parent,Stepparents
D011316 Preventive Psychiatry A discipline concerned with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health. Psychiatry, Preventive
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003158 Community Psychiatry Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to etiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community. Psychiatry, Community,Social Psychiatry,Psychiatry, Social
D003376 Counseling The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000300 Adoption Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation. Adoptions

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