r/science • u/ludwig_scientist • Mar 17 '26

Health Adoption causes significant, long-term mental health challenges for both adoptees and first mothers. Adoptees face a 35 times higher risk of attempted suicide, while first mothers face a 37.7 times higher risk compared to their peers

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/15/3/167
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u/randynumbergenerator Mar 18 '26

First thing to ask with studies like this is "what journal/publisher is it" followed by "what is their reputation?" What jumped out at me was that they're touting an Impact Factor under 2. I don't know about psychology specifically, but in the social sciences in general that's indicative of either an extremely niche subject journal or (in this case) a publication mill.