Table of Contents

1: International Adoption Medicine
Part I Before the Adoption
2: The Effects of Institutionalization on Children
3: Special Regional Consideration
4: Pre-Adoption Counseling and Evaluating the Referral
Part II Prenatal Exposures
5: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
6: Prenatal Drug Exposure
7: Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Smoking
8: Effects of Stress in Early Life
Part III Travel and Transition
9: Travel and Transition to the Adoptive Family
Part IV Growth and Development
10: Malnutrition and Undernutrition
11: Micronutrient Deficiencies
12: Microcephaly and Early Brain Injury
13: Developmental Delay
Part V Infectious Diseases
14: Tuberculosis
15: Hepatitis B
16: Hepatitis C
17: Intestinal Parasites and Other Enteric Infections
18: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
19: Syphilis
20: Heliocobacter Pylori
21: Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
22: Unusual and other Infectious Diseases
Part VI Other Medical Conditions
23: Inherited Disorders of Erythrocytes
24: Lead and Other Evrionmental Toxins
25: Rickets
26: Uncertain Age
27: Precocious Puberty
28: Lactose Intolerance
Part VII Neurocognitive and Behavioral Issues
29: Attachment
30: Behavioral and Mental Disorders
31: Language
32: School Issues
33: Sensory Integration Disorder
34: Culture and Identity
35: After Adoption: Unspoken Problems
36: Resources