Adoptees are said to commit suicide more than the average citizen [1]. In addition international adoptees are said to commit suicide more than domestic adoptees. [2] [3] However as one study pointed out many of these studies are not throughly conducted, such as background of the child before adoption, genetic traits and factors, as well as looking a the culture of adoption itself. [1]
In addition many of these studies blame the adoptee, birth parents, adoptive parents [4] [5], or adoption [3] ignoring the social issues and aspects often citing genetics as the leading factor to suicide. [6]
These are not congruent to those reported by the suicidal teens themselves who often report identity issues [7] [8] [9] and this leads them to think of suicide. However, often when addressed the non-adoptee will talk about how fortunate the adoptee is, circumventing the identity issues and social pressures the adoptee talked about [9].
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- ^ a b "Adopted teens may be more prone to suicide". "Among the areas the study didn't address are hereditary risk of depression, age of the child at adoption, and any pre-adoption experiences, including what may have occurred developmentally during the birth mother's pregnancy, says Pfeffer."
- ^ "Suicidal behaviour in national and international adult adoptees". "Clinicians should be aware that an increased risk for suicide and suicide attempts in international adoptees is a topic that is equally relevant to child and adult psychiatry."
- ^ a b "ADOPTION & RACE". "Intercountry adoptees have less often children, and those who are parents are more often living without their children if they are males or as single parents if they are females, thus sadly mimicking their biological parents' behavior. Males have more often than females indicators of social maladjustment. Moreover, epidemiological studies show high levels of psychiatric illness, addiction, criminality and suicide compared to the control groups.
- ^ "Suicide Attempts More Common Among Adopted Teens".
- ^ "Family genetic studies, suicide, and suicidal behavior". "Furthermore, high family connectedness decreases the likelihood of suicide attempts regardless of adoptive status and represents a protective factor for all adolescents."
- ^ "Family genetic studies, suicide, and suicidal behavior".
- ^ "Suicide in Asian women, Liberia, and female infanticide gets easier".
- ^ "Korean Adoption Ministry". "Korean adoptees raised by Anglo-American parents face tri-cultural identity issues: Korean, American, and adoptee. Many feel lonely and isolated as they struggle with discrimination, racism and low self-esteem. Many deal with depression and some even commit suicide."
- ^ a b "Adopted and Lost". "I have difficulty recognizing myself. It feels like I have no self identity....In fact, I have thought about killing myself ten times within six months." The response summary "Being adopted is being CHOSEN."