to shelter centers during their childhood. Before the adoption of these 7
adopted children, two had been living with their parents and 3 had been
with other relatives. The previous situation of the other two subjects
was not described. Six subjects reported having had suffered emotional
abuse (20%) and 2 physical abuse (6.7%).
One of the main items in our project was the development of
psychiatric disorders (Table 4) and their relationship with maternal
drug consumption. Depression and ADHD were the most frequent
diagnoses. In the screening ASRS-V1.1, 6 people (20%) were classified
as susceptible to ADHD (one of them had been diagnosed yet in
childhood) and another 3 had been diagnosed with ADHD in childhood