World Health Organization Publication : 9241400021, Pages Art 1: Maternal Care and Mental Health

By John Bowlby

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : 9241400021, Pages Art 1: Maternal Care and Mental Health
Author:	John Bowlby
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
At the third session of the Social Commission of the United Nations, held in April 1948, it was decided to make a study of the needs of homeless ~hildren.1~T~h ese were described as children who are orphaned or separated from their families for other reasons and need care in foster homes, institutions or other types of group care . The study was to be confined to children who were homeless in their native country , thus explicitly excluding refugees from war or other disaster. When the specialized agencies interested in the matter were approached by the United Nations for their comments and suggestions, the World Health Organization offered to contribute a study of the mental health aspects of the problem. This offer was accepted and has resulted in the present report. I took up my temporary appointment with the World Health Organization in January 1950, and during the late winter and early spring visited several countries in Europe-France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom-and the United States of America. In each I had discussions with workers, most of whom were concerned with child care and child guidance, saw something of their work, and was introduced to the literature. In these discussions I found a very high degree of agreement existing both in regard to the principles underlying the mental health of children and the practices by which it may be safeguarded. In compiling this report my task has thus been to do justice to an extensive literature and to bring out the many points of importance to which my attention has been drawn ; little time has had to be expended in reconciling divergent views.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Preface to second edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Preface to &st edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . Some origins of mental ill-health . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 . Review of evidence on effects of deprivation . I : Direct studies 15 3 . Review of evidence on effects of deprivation . I1 : Retrospective and follow-up studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4 . Interim conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5 . Theoretical problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 6 . Research into effects of deprivation . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 PARTI 1 . PREVENTIOONF MATERNAL DEPRIVATION 7 . The purpose of the family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . Causes of family failure in Western communities. with special reference to psychiatric factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . Prevention of family failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . Illegitimacy and deprivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . Substitute families . I : Adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . Substitute families . I1 : Boarding-homes . . . . . . . . . 13 . Group care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . Care of maladjusted and sick children . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . Administration of child-care services. and problems for research Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix 1 . Various retrospective studies relating mental illness to deprivation and broken homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Appendix 2 . Differences in Rorschach responses between institution children and others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Appendix 3 . Note on Goldfarb's study of social adjustment in relation to age of entry to an institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Appendix 4 . Note on statistics regarding causes of children being taken into care away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Name index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Subject index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183