Childhood Adoption and Mental Health in Adulthood: UK Biobank
UK Biobank data including 3,151 adoptees were used to examine adoption status alongside mental-health, psychosocial and socioeconomic measures and polygenic scores.
Limitations: UK Biobank contains limited detail about adoption histories.
- Research type
- Population cohort
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Middle-aged adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Middle-aged adults
Adoption context: Mixed
Programme: UK Biobank
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adult adoptees, depression, genetics, mental health, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
- Funding
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_b4aef8817826520f