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Its Effect in Adult Life

Christopher Tennant, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1988;45(11):1045-1050.

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While parental loss in childhood has intrigued psychiatrists for most of this century, it has only recently been the subject of acceptable empiric research. Early psychoanalytic writers were preoccupied with the psychological significance of the traumatic loss itself and noted that depression specifically was the likely outcome. Bowlby,¹ however, suggested that a range of disorders, including depression, anxiety, and antisocial personality, may be associated with childhood loss; there are now many empiric studies that seem to support this. Bowlby² further defined what he believed to be the toxic element of childhood loss, moving the emphasis toward the disruption of the ongoing attachment to the parent. Later Rutter^3,4 concluded that separation from a parent and subsequent loss of attachment in itself is not the critical factor. It is increasingly apparent that parental separation or loss in childhood can embrace a range of other adverse experiences, and it may . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the University of Sydney, Professorial Psychiatric Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 27, 1988.

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