Friday, January 24, 2014

Studies have thrown light on adopted children’s diagnosis with complex mental health issues rather than treating some basic problems

Studies done by King’s College London were published in the journal named Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Data’s were collected from 100 referrals across the United Kingdom to National Adoption and Fostering Service. The referrals were compared to the child’s clinical overall assessment to the expected mental health disorder rate from the national data. Results showed a 31% presence in foster children of attachment problems. The clinical assessment however showed only 1 child having an attachment disorder. While 4% of the referrals showed conduct disorder only, the actual conduct disorder diagnosed nationally was 13 times higher. Dr. Woolgar implicates the reason behind such differences might be because clinicians are diagnosing complex mental problems in children based on the child’s history. This does not allow them to see the more basic problem, which if treated can help the children go back to normalcy. It is time for the clinicians to re look these cases and diagnose the basic issue before meting out any treatment.

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