Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
J Postgrad Med. 2023 Oct-Dec;69(4):215-220. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_718_22.
Single parent adoption (SPA) is a relatively new construct worldwide and in India. The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, has laid down criteria for adoption in general and SPA in particular, in conjunction with the Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection of Children), 2015. There is scant literature on this topic of SPA, more so in India, that looks into the various psychological nuances of SPA from a mental health professional's (MHP) perspective. This review paper aims to assess SPA from the perspective of a MHP that will focus on its various legal nuances as well as the psychological connotations attached to it. For this, a search strategy was employed that included a thorough literature search from two databases (PubMed and Google Scholar) with relevant keywords related to the topic. The various legal issues pertaining to SPA in the current scenario, the psychological issues and challenges faced by single parents, the behavioral outcomes of adoptees who are adopted by single parents, and ways to deal with the various obstacles of SPA are discussed.
单身父母收养（SPA）在全球和印度都是一个相对较新的概念。印度妇女和儿童发展部与 2015 年的《少年司法法（儿童的照顾和保护）》一起，为一般收养和 SPA 制定了标准。关于 SPA 的文献很少，尤其是在印度，从心理健康专业人员（MHP）的角度探讨 SPA 的各种心理细微差别。这篇综述文章旨在从 MHP 的角度评估 SPA，重点关注 SPA 的各种法律细微差别及其所涉及的心理含义。为此，采用了一种搜索策略，包括从两个数据库（PubMed 和 Google Scholar）进行彻底的文献搜索，使用与主题相关的关键词。讨论了当前 SPA 涉及的各种法律问题、单身父母面临的心理问题和挑战、被单身父母收养的养子女的行为结果，以及处理 SPA 各种障碍的方法。
