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Mental Health References



  1. Clothier.F. MD.: The Psychology of the Adopted Child. Mental Hygiene 1943. Vol XXVII national Committee for Mental Hygiene Inc. New York.

  2. Harper.J.: Williams. S.: Adopted Children Admitted to Residential Psychiatric Care. Aust J. Social Issues. V.11. No1.1976.

  3. Karelitz. S. MD.: Moderator. Adoptions. Discussion. Pediatrics. Vol 20 1957. 366-386. (Med618.905/3).

  4. Schechter. Marshall. D: Feb 1960. Paper on Observations on Adopted Children. Archives of General Psychiatry. Vol;3. 1960.

  5. Toussieng. P. W.: Personal Communication. April 28 1958.

  6. Clothier. F.: The Psychology of the Adopted Child, Mental Hygiene. 27;7 (April 1943).

  7. Benedek. T.: Adaption to Reality in Early Infancy, Psychoanalyst Quart.7;20 (April 1938).

  8. Gough. D.: 1961. Adoption and the Unwed Mother. Report on Conference at Folkstone 1961.

  9. Toussieng.P.W.: Thoughts Regarding the Etiology of Psychological Difficulties in Adopted Children. 1962. Child Welfare 41, 59-65.

  10. Humphrey. M. And Ounsted. C.: Adoptive Families Referred for Psychiatric Advice. British Journal of Psychiatry (1963) 109, 599-608.

  11. Phipps. P. Adoption: A Study of the Problems Involved in Child Guidance Cases From the Point of View of a Psychiatric Social Worker. Mental Health. 12:98-107.1953.

  12. Lemon. E.M. Rear View Mirror, unpublished manuscript, 1959.

  13. Livermore. J.B.: Some Identification Problems in Adopted Children, paper presented at American Orthopsychiatric Association, New York, March 23-25 1961.

  14. Kirk.D. Jonassohn.K. Fish.A.: Are Adopted Children Especially Vulnerable to Stress? Arch Gen Psychiatry, 14,291-298.

  15. Mc Whinnie. A.M.: Adopted Children. How They Grow Up. 1967. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.

  16. Roberts. P.: Some of the Needs of the Unmarried Mother Who Keeps Her Child. (Jul/Aug 1968) Social Service. V20. No1.

  17. Borromeo. Sr. M.: Adoption From the Point of the Natural Parents. 1968. Paper. Social Service. V20. Jul/Aug.

  18. Watkins.J.: Motivation of Adoptive Parents. Social Service. V.12. July/Aug. 1968.

  19. Ounsted. C.: The Dark Side of Adoption, paper. 14th October 1970.

  20. Trieseliotis. J.P.: Identity and Adoption. Child Adoption. V4. 1974.
  21. Cavenar. J.: Spaulding. J.: Hammet.E.: Anniversary Reactions. 1976. Psychosomatics. Vol 17. (4) 210-212.

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  23. Hilgard. J.R.: Anniversarys in Mental Illness Psychiatry XXII. 1959. P.113-121.

  24. Picton. C.: Some Insights Into Adoption: Unintended Consequences of Publicity. Aust Social Work. Vol 30, No-1 March 1977.

  25. Reite. M. Seiler.C. Short.R.: Loss of Your Mother is More Than Loss of a Mother. Am.J. Psychiatry 135:3. March 1978.

  26. Lewis. E.: Page. A.: Failure to Mourn a Stillbirth: An Overlooked Catastrophe. Br. Med Psychology (1978) 51. 237-241.

  27. Pannor.R.: Baran.A.: Sorosky.A.: Birth Parents Who Relinquished Babies for Adoption Revisited. Family Process. V17, Sept 1978.

  28. Rickarby. G.A.: Eagan.P.: Issues of Preventive Work With Adopted Adolescents. Med.J. Aust. 1980. 1; 470-472.

  29. Rickarby.G.A.: Lee. M.M.: Said.J.; Eagan. P.: Adoptive Families in Distress. Aust. Journal Social Issues. 1981. V 16. No 1.

  30. Rynearson.E.K.: Relinquishment and its Maternal Complications: American Jour. Psychiatry. 139:3. March 1982.

  31. Inglis. K.: The Relinquishment Process and Grieving. Proceedings, Third Aust. Conf on Adoption: Changing Families. Adelaide. 1982.

  32. Begleiter.E.: The Medium and Long-Term Aftermath of Relinquishment. Paper. Confer. April 26.1983. Mission of St James & John.

  33. McDermott. K. MD.: Rights of the Relinquishing Mother. Human Rights Commiss. Discussion paper. July 1984. Canberra. ACT.

  34. Silverman. M.A.: Discussion: Adoptive Anxiety, Adoptive Rage, Adoptive Guilt. Psychiatrist Journ. V11. 1985.

  35. Condon. J.T.: The Parental-Foetal Relationship, a Comparison of Male and Female Expectant Parents. Jour. Psychosomatics Obstet. And Gynaecology.4. (1985) 271-284.

  36. Condon. J.T.: Psychological Disability in Women Who Relinquish a Baby for Adoption. Med Jour. Aust. V 144. Feb 1986.

  37. Watson.K. W.: Birth Families: Living with the Adoption Decision. Public Welfare. Spring 1986.

  38. Condon. J, T, : Altered Cognitive Functioning in Pregnant Women; A Shift Toward Primary Process Thinking. Br.J. Med. Psychology 1987. 60.329-334.

  39. Raphael-Leff.J.: (1980). Psychotherapy with Pregnant Women. In B.L. (ed) New York: Human Science Press.

  40. Condon.J.T.: Nature and Determinants of Parent-to-Infant Attachment Dunn.D.J: the Early Postnatal Period. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry. 1988.27.3. 293-299.

  41. Klaus.M.: Kennell.J.: (1970). Human Maternal Behaviour at first Contact With Her Young. Pediatric.46: 187-192.

  42. Caplan.G.: (1961). An Approach to Community Mental Health. New York. Grune and Stratton.

  43. Van Kepple.M. Midford. S. Cicchini. M.: The Experience of Loss in Adoption. Paper. Presented 5th conf. Fremantle. Sept. 1987.

  44. Winker.R.: Brown.D.: Van Keppel. : Blanchard.A.: Clinical Practice in Adoption Psychology Practitioner Guidebooks. 1988.

  45. Gediman. J.G.: Giving up the Baby. Smith Alumne Quartly. Winter 1998.

  46. Kirschner.D.: Nagel.L.: Antisocial behaviour in Adoptees. Patterns, Dynamics. Child and Adol. Soc. Work. V5. No4. 1988.

  47. Treadwell. P.: A Parents Guide to the Problems of Adolescence. 1988. Penguin Books.

  48. Andersen. R.S.: Why Adoptees Search: Motives and More. Child Welfare V. LXVII. No1. Jan/Feb 1988.

  49. Wells S.: On Being a Birth Mother. Adoption and Fostering. V14. N0 2. 1990.

  50. Connolly. M.: The Experience of Living With an Absent Child. University of Alberta. Paper 1987.

  51. Shiffler. L. H.: Adoptions Impact on the Birthmothers: "Can a Mother Forget Her Child". 1991. Florida. Oxford Graduate School.

  52. Kaplan.S.: Silverstein. D: Seven Core Issues of Adoption. Ref. Griffiths 1991. The Right To Know Who You Are.

  53. Raphael-Leff. J.: Adoption. Chapman & Hall. 1991. Boundary Row. London. Isbn 0 412 33630 8.

  54. Wells. S.: Post Traumatic Stress in Birthmothers. Adoption and Fostering V 17. No 2. 1993.

  55. Lauderdale. J.L.: Boyle. J.S.: Infant Relinquishment Through Adoption. Image. Journ. Of Nursing Scholar.V.26. No3. Fall 1994.

  56. Logan.J.: Birth Mothers and Their Mental Health: Uncharted Territory. Br.J. Social Work (1996) 26, 609-625.


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