Acknowledgment

Contributors

The Multifaceted Psychosocial Impact of Adoption

M. Hossein Etezady

Salman Akhtar

Selma Kramer

Bonding Across Difference

Carlotta G. Miles

Separation--Individuation Theory and Interracial Adoption

Discussion of Miles's Chapter ``Bonding Across Difference''

Katherine Reed

Attachment and Separation-Individuation in Foreign-Born Children Adopted after the Age of Five Months

Elaine Frank

Denise Rowe

From Foreign Born to Feeling at Home

Discussion of Frank and Rowe's Chapter, ``Attachment and Separation-Individuation in Foreign-Born Children Adopted after the Age of Five Months''

Jennifer M. Bonovitz

Attachment Theory in the Light of Adoption Research

Marshall D. Schechter

Attachment and Its Vicissitudes

Discussion of Schechter's Chapter ``Attachment Theory in the Light of Adoption Research''

Ira Brenner

Adoption, Insecurity, and Fear of Attachment: An Illustrative Psychoanalytic Case Study

Martin A. Silverman

The Pain of Broken Bonds

Discussion of Silverman's Chapter ``Adoption, Insecurity, and Fear of Attachment''

Paul R. Viola

Toward Optimizing the Adopted Child's Development

Concluding Reflections

Robert C. Prall

Henri Parens

Index