Intercountry adoption, the parents' experience of somatic disorders in children

Adoption internationale, le vécu parental des troubles somatiques de l’enfant

Manon Le Bozec , Aurélie Harf (1, 2) , Sara Skandrani (3) , Mayssa El Husseini (4) , Marie-Rose Moro (1)

1 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
2 Maison de Solenn [CHU Cochin]
3 CliPsyD - Clinique, Psychanalyse, Développement
4 CHSSC - Centre d'Histoire des Sociétés, des Sciences et des Conflits - UR UPJV 4289

Most children adopted in a foreign country present somatic disorders, which can have an impact on the construction of the bond with the adoptive parents. This potential complication must be taken into account in the adoption procedure and during the post-adoption follow-up, taking on board the trauma of everyone involved.

Mots clés: *Adoption; *Internationality; adoption internationale; attachement; bond; Child; child psychiatry; Humans; international adoption; Parent-Child Relations; Parents/*psychology; pédopsychiatrie; somatic disorder; Somatoform Disorders/*psychology; trouble somatique

Domaines: Psychologie

Manon Le Bozec, Aurélie Harf, Sara Skandrani, Mayssa El Husseini, Marie-Rose Moro. Adoption internationale, le vécu parental des troubles somatiques de l’enfant. Soins. Pediatrie, puericulture, 2019, 40 (310), pp.34--38. ⟨10.1016/j.spp.2019.07.008⟩. ⟨hal-03665090⟩