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Russia Adoption Blog

05/18/06

PTSD and children adopted from Russia

Posted by : Adrienne Bashista in Russia Adoption Blog at 04:28 am , 394 words, 212 views  
Categories: PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is something that I always heard about happening to people who'd been in combat or who'd been victims of crimes. I never realized that it occurred in adopted children as well, although when you think about it, what some of these children have seen and been through before they've come to a stable family could be considered both combat and a crime.

Here's the definition of PTSD from about.com:

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) occurs as a result of exposure... more


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