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I cross posted this to the Guatemala forum also: I haven't ever posted here before but wanted to see if I could get some input from you guys. We're
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Science is just beginning to define Post-Adoption Depression Syndrome (PADS). PADS can range from a full-blown episode of severe depression that requires hospitalization or just a simple case of the blues that lasts a month or two. The few scientific studies of PADS indicate that over half of ...
http://www.adoptionissues.org/post-adoption-depression.html

Stress is a term that is commonly used today but has become increasingly difficult to define. It shares, to some extent, common meanings in both the biological and psychological sciences. Stress typically describes a negative concept that can have an impact on one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_adaptation_syndrome

Whether an incapacitating depression that requires treatment, or simply "the blues," PAD is a very real phenomenon in the case of several adoptive parents.
http://library.adoption.com/articles/post-adoption-depression-.html
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