Heidi Schwarzwald, Elizabeth Montgomery Collins, Susan Gillespie and Adiaha I. A Spinks-FranklinInternational Adoption and Clinical PracticeSpringerBriefs in Public Health10.1007/978-3-319-13491-8_8

8. Future Research Topics

Heidi Schwarzwald¹, Elizabeth Montgomery Collins², Susan Gillespie³ and Adiaha I. A. Spinks-Franklin⁴

(1)

Texas Children’s Health Plan Center for Children and Women Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

(2)

Section of Retrovirology & Global Health Texas Children’s Hospital Center For International Adoption; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

(3)

Retrovirology and Global Health Texas Children’s Hospital Center For International Adoption, Houston, New York, USA

(4)

Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Heidi Schwarzwald (Corresponding author)

Email: hlschwar@texaschildrens.org

Elizabeth Montgomery Collins

Email: egmontgo@bcm.edu

Susan Gillespie

Email: slg@bmc.edu

Adiaha I. A. Spinks-Franklin

Email: aaspinks@texaschildrens.org

Keywords

Research international adoptionHippocampal changesToxic stress

A successful intercountry adoption could be defined as: the creation of a stable family unit that allows each adoptee to reach their full potential as an adult. The factors that determine whether or not international adoption is successful can be thought of in broad categories: biologic, psychological and societal. In each area there are many opportunities for future research.

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