The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine

1. International adoption medicine ; PART I: BEFORE THE ADOPTION ; 2. The effects of institutionalization on children ; 3. Special regional consideration ; 4. Pre-adoption counselling 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. Heliobacter 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 environmental toxins ; 25. Rickets ; 26. Uncertain age ; 27. Precocious puberty ; 28. Lactose intolerance ; PART VII: NEUROCOGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES ; 29. Attachment ; 30. Behavioural and mental disorders ; 31. Language ; 32. School issues ; 33. Dysfunction of sensory integration ; 34. Culture and identity ; 35. After adoption: unspoken problems ; 26. Resources