Reactions of Mental Health Professionals to Hypothetical Clients : A Comparison Based on Clients' Adoptive Status / Andrea Weiss.

Mental health professionals have often reported differences in the psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses of adopted and nonadopted children and adolescents. Since psychiatric diagnoses are influenced by the judgments of the professionals who assign them, it is possible that the differences observed bet...

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Main Author: Weiss, Andrea
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985.
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Physical Description:12 pages
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