“…ALTHOUGH approximately 2 to 3.5% of children in the United States under age of 18 are adopted (22, 43), adopted children are referred for psychological treatment two to five times as frequently as their nonadopted peers. This finding has been replicated in such diverse countries as Great Britain, Israel, Poland, Sweden, and the United States (7, 9, 15, 19, 21, 29, 33, 38, 42 ‐ 44, 49, 51, 56, 57).…”