A study of children who were transferred between birth and 3½ years from extremely deprived Romanian orphanages to adoptive families in Great Britain found that
A) the longer the children spent in orphanage care, the higher their mental test scores during middle childhood and adolescence.
B) most children were impaired in all domains of development, but those who were adopted before 6 months of age showed impressive cognitive catch-up.
C) children who experienced adequate early nutrition were not negatively affected by early orphanage rearing.
D) serious mental health problems only appeared in those children who spent more than 2 years in an orphanage.

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The study found that most children were impaired in all domains of development, but those who were adopted before 6 months of age showed impressive cognitive catch-up. The longer children spent in orphanage care, the more likely they were to display developmental delays and attachment disorders. Adequate early nutrition did not fully alleviate the negative effects of early orphanage rearing, and serious mental health problems could still appear even in children who spent less than 2 years in an orphanage.

A Study of Children Who Were Transferred Between Birth and 3½