The Unacknowledged Grief of Adoption

The OLLIE Foundation’s talk “The Unacknowledged Grief of Adoption” with Zara Phillips, Ron Nydam and Debbie Doherty.

Does the unacknowledged grief and loss of relinquishment explain why adopted teens are 4 x more likely to attempt suicide than their non-adopted peers? (Keyes et al., 2013)

Our panel of experts discuss the impacts of relinquishment on suicidality and what can be done to help. They consider the grief experience of; the birth mother, the adopting parent/s and relinquished babies and children.

In particular, how babies and young children respond to separation, how they grieve and how this experience is carried in their bodies as cellular memory, resulting in young people who experience struggles with mental health and substance misuse.

Hosted by The OLLIE Foundation – https://theolliefoundation.org/