Tag: adoptee suicide
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Dear Korea, About Mia*
kim thompson shares her letter to Korea about her friend who was adopted and committed suicide in her 30s
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Suicide Amongst Adoptees
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in 1993 Hague Convention, Abandonment and Rejection, Abuse in Adoption, Adoptee Anger, Adoption and Disability, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Adoptive Country, Birth Country, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Racism in Adoption, Rights in Adoption, South Korea, Suicide, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionHilbrand shares about the trauma in relinquishment and adoption and the connection with suicide amongst adoptees.
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A Vigil for Christian Hall, 1 Year On
An online vigil, 30 Dec 2021, in honour of Christian Hall, adopted from China to the USA, shot to death by police during a mental health episode.
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Toxicity and Grief
by Dan R Moen, adopted from the Philippines to the USA. Part three of this series focuses on toxicity and its impact with grief. The black vine-like shapes represent toxicity and how it manifests itself within and around all of us. It’s depicted as an uncontrollable beast and has completely engulfed an individual. It grows…
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Demystifying the stigmatization of adoptee suicide
Lina shares her 3rd part in a series on adoptee suicide; confronting the stigma of suicide.
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We Need To Talk About Adoptee Suicide, Now
Lina shares part 2 of her discussion into adoptee suicide – something we must talk about if we are going to provide a more supportive space.
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Adoptees Need Mental Health Services
Christina speaks about the need for mental health services for intercountry adoptees who live many traumas.
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Grief for Mother Lasts Forever
by Melanie Kleintz adopted from Peru to Germany. Between 24 December 2020 and 1 January 2021, a total of 6 adoptees from Europe took their own lives, a Black Week in Europe for adoptees. The number of unreported cases is definitely higher. All could not clarify their origins, their pain was too strong, and they…
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We can be our own Heroes
Bina shares about the after effects of losing fellow adoptees to suicide, how we can work together to overcome the things that death can trigger.
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It’s a Black Week for Adoptees in Europe
Soorien & Dong-Mi share the losses of 5 intercountry adoptees in Europe over Xmas/NY period.
