Brinich P M, Brinich E B
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1982 Aug;170(8):489-93. doi: 10.1097/00005053-198208000-00008.
A review of 5135 patients registered for their first psychiatric services at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute during the period 1969 to 1978 found 113 patients who had been adopted as children. While the representation of adoptees among Children's Service patients was somewhat higher than expected (5 per cent as against an expected 2.2 per cent), the representation of adoptees among adult patients (1.6 per cent) was actually below the expected rate (2.2 per cent in the population at large). Two thirds of the child adoptees were placed in their adoptive homes by the time they were 1 year old. There were no significant differences in psychiatric diagnoses assigned to adopted and nonadopted patients at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. The authors conclude that adoptees are not generally overrepresented in psychiatric samples, though it is true that they may be seen somewhat more frequently in child psychiatry clinics. The authors also conclude that, while adoption may serve as a focus for psychopathology in individual cases, adoption itself cannot be seen as specifically pathogenic.
对1969年至1978年期间在兰利·波特精神病学研究所首次登记接受精神科服务的5135名患者进行的一项回顾发现，有113名患者童年时被收养。虽然在儿童服务患者中被收养者的比例略高于预期（5%，而预期为2.2%），但成年患者中被收养者的比例（1.6%）实际上低于预期比例（总体人口中为2.2%）。三分之二的儿童被收养者在1岁时就被安置在了收养家庭。在兰利·波特精神病学研究所，被收养患者和未被收养患者的精神科诊断没有显著差异。作者得出结论，虽然在儿童精神病学诊所中，被收养者可能会更频繁地就诊，但在精神科样本中，被收养者总体上并没有过多占比。作者还得出结论，虽然在个别案例中，收养可能成为精神病理学的一个关注点，但收养本身不能被视为具有特定致病性。
