Problem
An older couple has decided to adopt after failed attempts to conceive a child naturally. The adoption service has just discovered that the child this couple is interested in adopting is the offspring of a notorious psychopath.
A. Should the adoptive parents be informed of this information? Why or why not?
B. Would you want to know this information if your parents planned to adopt a child or in the future, you decided to adopt?
C. If the couple decided to continue with the adoption, as a clinician what would you suggest to maximize the chance for the child to have a "normal" life and minimize the chance for the child to follow in the biological parent's footsteps as a psychopath?
D. How would revealing this "dark secret" hinder the child?
E. Develop a short prevention plan to target potential psychopathology with children born to psychopaths.