Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer report for 2021 reveals that 64 per cent of adopted people aged 16 and older have sought help with their mental health.
Some 46 per cent of adopted people aged 16 to 25 were involved with mental health services last year compared with 17 per cent of the general population in the same age group.
However, 71 per cent of adopted people seeking help said they were unable to access the support they needed, according to the charity.
Sue Armstrong Brown, Adoption UK’s chief executive, said: “All too often these families are being failed by a system which invests heavily in the placement of children for adoption, then fades into the background, often with terrible consequences for the mental health of the children and their adoptive families.”
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