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According to the American Psychological Association, international adoptees can be more vulnerable to some mental-health difficulties compared with non-adoptees, including eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders.
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Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Resources developed by other adoptees, such as support groups or mutual aid, can be a good way for adoptees to find some support, Kim said.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
Mans believes the Barnetts used the plot of Orphan as inspiration for how to abandon their adoptee.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Psychologists have spent over 50 years studying this, tracking twins raised apart, adoptees, and half-siblings to estimate how much of various traits are genetic.
—Dalton Conley, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Resources developed by other adoptees, such as support groups or mutual aid, can be a good way for adoptees to find some support, Kim said.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
Mans believes the Barnetts used the plot of Orphan as inspiration for how to abandon their adoptee.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Psychologists have spent over 50 years studying this, tracking twins raised apart, adoptees, and half-siblings to estimate how much of various traits are genetic.
—Dalton Conley, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Adoptee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adoptee. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē 
: a person who is adopted
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