Post 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.

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Post-Adoption Depression Syndrome (PADS) is a term coined by June Bond, an adoption advocate from North Carolina who wrote about it in 1995. Bond had encountered panicked, depressed, and overwrought parents.

The public and medical attitudes toward PDD are a far cry from the silence 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 1995 article for Roots and Wings Magazine.

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.

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