Adoption Depression Syndrome

Post Adoption Depression Syndrome by June Bond from Roots and Wings, Spring 1995 You've been through infertility hell and back again. You ran through the maze of the adoption process and you've finally reached your goal.

Here is an interesting article on Post Adoption Depression Syndrome. Although it is not a formally recognized disorder, it seems that it is a syndrome that is worth researching and discussing openly and honestly.

and secrecy that surround a much more pervasive problem - Post Adoption Depression Syndrome (PADS) which is a term coined by June Bond in her Spring

You feel anxious and depressed, but more often, overwhelmed. You can barely make it through your day. You may be suffering from Post-Adoption Depression.

Whether an incapacitating depression that requires treatment, or simply "the blues," PAD is a very real phenomenon in the case of several adoptive parents.

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