An Enquiry into the Reasons for Admission of under Five Year Olds to a Mental Subnormality Hospital

1961 ◽  
Vol 107 (448) ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Kahan
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Normal Child ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Personal Relationship ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Considerable Discussion ◽  
Mental Subnormality

The value of medical and social services in the domiciliary care of the mentally subnormal child has been under considerable discussion during recent years. The mentally subnormal child is known to show many of the same traits as the normal child when removed from the type of personal relationship between mother and child, which is normal within the ordinary home. It is generally agreed that hospitalization of the normal child under five should be avoided if possible, but it must be remembered that this attitude is equally important in the case of the mentally abnormal or psychotic child. Indeed such children have great difficulty in coming to terms with their environment, and as a result are even more vulnerable to the breakdown of the mother/child relationship than the normal child. It is important, therefore, to look critically at the reasons given for applying for admission to a hospital for mental subnormality, and this study attempts to analyse the reasons put forward in a sample of patients admitted during the years 1955–59, and to discuss possible methods of improving the existing mechanisms.

scholarly journals An exploratory study of the ways in which mothers keep their infants occupied

Curationis ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Botha ◽  
G. Cleaver
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Development ◽  
First Year ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Infant Research ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

The mother child relationship can help or hinder the social, emotional and intellectual development of the infant. Research has shown that the interaction between mother and child can affect the child’s cognitive development. Research has shown that mothers from the lower socio-economic groups do not stimulate their babies optimally and that this may affect the children negatively. In this study 86 underprivileged mothers from two different cultural backgrounds were asked to describe the ways in which they kept their infants occupied during the first year of their infants’ lives. The differences between the two groups are discussed and recommendations are made.

scholarly journals Postpartum Depressive Disorder – Psychosomatic Aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (04) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Schipper-Kochems ◽  
Tanja Fehm ◽  
Gabriele Bizjak ◽  
Ann Fleitmann ◽  
Percy Balan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factor ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Treatment Approaches ◽  
Diagnostic Measures ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Psychosomatic Aspects ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

AbstractPostpartum depression (PPD) is the most common mental illness in mothers following the birth of a child. Since the symptoms of PPD are similar to the normal stress of healthy women following childbirth, it is often difficult for the attending gynaecologist or midwife to diagnose this illness in a timely manner and thus initiate adequate treatment and comprehensive support for the patient. Even if there are options for a screening using evaluated questionnaires and subsequent psychotherapy and/or drug therapy in the treatment of PPD which has proven effective, it is seen that, in most treatment approaches, little consideration is given to the affect-controlled interaction and the bonding behaviour between mother and child. This article presents diagnostic measures and current therapeutic approaches as well as their integration in practice in order to achieve awareness of this topic in everyday clinical practice and show the pathways of appropriate treatment. Specific multiprofessional treatment approaches which centre on the mother-child relationship demonstrate successes with regard to depression in the mothers and also on the development of a secure mother-child bond and are thus a protective factor in the development of the affected children. The now well-known effects of PPD on the fathers as well as the negative impacts of paternal depression on child development make it clear that the treatment should not focus solely on maternal depression, but also always on the family bond between the mother, child and father in the treatment.

scholarly journals Maternal Characteristics Determine Stunting in Children of Less than Five Years of Age Results from a National Probabilistic Survey

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. CMPed.S1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Shamah-Levy ◽  
Lucia Cuevas Nasu ◽  
Hortensia Moreno-Macias ◽  
Eric Monterrubio-Flores ◽  
Marco Antonio Avila-Arcos
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Maternal Height ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Maternal Characteristics ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Mother And Child

Background Maternal nutrition and some variables are the main determining factors of birthweight and delayed intrauterine growth of children. Objective To explore the association between the mothers’ biological and sociodemographic characteristics, and the anthropometry status in children under five years of age. Design The population consisted of a sub-sample of 1,047 mother-and-child selected pairs from the probabilistic National Nutrition Survey, carried out in Mexico. Mother-and-child pairs included mothers aged 12 to 49 years, with children under five years of age. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric history, 24-hour recall dietary intake, and the women and children's anthropometry were collected. The association between maternal characteristics and children's anthropometry status was assessed using multiple logistic regression models. Result Nearly 16.7% of the children <5y of age were stunted (13.5% ≤ 2y and 18.8% > 2y). The height/age of the children was severely affected by maternal height and birth order. In addition, the interaction between socioeconomic level and maternal schooling had a marginal effect (p = 0.09) in the ≤2y group. On the other hand, whether the family received social services and the interaction between maternal height and a dichotomy urbanism variable were significant (p = 0.05) and (p < 0.01) respectively in >2y group. Conclusion Some biological and socioeconomic characteristics among mothers have a negative effect on their children's attained size, especially in the period between 2 and 5 years of age.

scholarly journals The importance of breastfeeding on the development of the mother-child relationship from an emotional point of view

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 467-489
Author(s):  
Mariana Floricica Calin ◽  
Mihaela Luminita Sandu ◽  
Verginia Roxana Neagu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Staff ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sensitive Period ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Maternity Hospitals ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Breastfeeding is known to have positive effects on the health and nutrition of infants and has been associated with increased subsequent cognitive ability and educational achievement. It is also believed to encourage the development of a "bond" between mother and child in early childhood. The benefits of breastfeeding on mothers and children are well known, with growing evidence that prolonged breastfeeding brings health and financial benefits. Despite the evidence that there are considerable benefits of breastfeeding, there are still gaps in understanding why many women have difficulty initiating and maintaining breastfeeding. Unfortunately, our country is at the end of the European ranking. Practically, in the vast majority of maternity hospitals, women do not receive the necessary help to start breastfeeding and are even discouraged by the medical staff, who in most cases are guided by outdated and erroneous information. Moreover, mothers need encouragement and emotional support from the medical staff and the family, being in a sensitive period, with major physical and mental changes. Thus, the present study was designed to explore the potential relationships between breastfeeding and the development of the mother-child emotional dyad. In the first chapter we presented the importance of breastfeeding, the risks of not breastfeeding and the development of emotions in the first year of life. I also went through the stages of developing the mother-child relationship and described the child's temperament. In the second chapter we gave the definition of the term attachment and we identified the main types of attachment after J.Bowlby. Next we defined the parental styles and we identified their main types. We also defined emotional stability and postpartum depression. In chapter 3 we presented the research objectives and the 5 formulated hypotheses. Later I described the 4 chosen working tools, among which my own tool. At the end of this chapter I described the group of participants. In the fourth chapter we introduced the statistical processing of data and their interpretation. The last chapter contains the conclusions of the study.

Extremes of Aggressive Interaction between Mother and Child

1968 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Eisen
Keyword(s):  
Relative Frequency ◽  
Case Material ◽  
Aggressive Interaction ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Normal Inhibition

This paper is concerned with mutual murderously aggressive interaction between mothers and their children. The dynamics of this interaction, along with the relative frequency of this problem, are illustrated by case material. Some aspects are discussed. In particular, the ‘Climate of Aggression’ and the progressive development of an ‘Interchange of Hatred’ from which denial of the instinctual mother-child relationship results, are of importance. There appear to be factors in both mothers and children underlying the loss of normal inhibition against the discharge of murderous feelings.

scholarly journals Case Report: Both Mother and Child With Chronic HBV Infection Were Clinically Cured After PEG-IFN Treatment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyue Bi ◽  
Zhan Zeng ◽  
Fang-fang Sun ◽  
Yan-jie Lin ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Hepatitis ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Antiviral Therapy ◽  
Chronic Hepatitis B ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
First Line Therapy ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Ifn Treatment ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Abstract Background：Interferon is significant for chronic hepatitis B patients to get ideal treatment endpoint—functional cure, and is widely used as a first line therapy.Case presentation：We reported two cases of consanguineous patients with chronic hepatitis B. Case 1 was a 36-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis B for 13 years. Case 2 and case 1 were mother-child relationship. At the age of 2, HBsAg and HBeAg of case 2 were found to be positive during physical examination, and they received antiviral therapy together. Both mother and child were treated with Peginterferon (PEG-IFN).　Based on antiviral therapy, through prolonged interferon therapy or combined with oral medication of individualized treatment, they both achieved clinical cure.Conclusion：The outcome of the two patients suggests not only the significance of individualized antiviral therapy but also a high correlation between the response to interferon antiviral therapy and genetic background.

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