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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 30 No. suppl. 7, 2018.

Conference paper

STRESSFUL CHILDHOOD EVENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE JOURNEY INTO THE LIFE OF ADULTS WITH DEPRESSION; A REPORT OF 5 CASES. The importance of maternal love

Dominique Tavormina ; Bergamo, Italy

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Abstract

The importance of maternal care for a harmonious development of the child has been at the center of the interest of child
psychology since the second half of the twentieth century. Great scholars such as Lorenz, Harlow, Spitz and Bowlby have asserted that love for mum does not have its roots in satisfying the need for food, but in the need for protection and if there is a lack of care the consequences are extremely negatives. Nowadays, epigenetics is finding the biological basis of the effects of maternal care, if they are present and affectionate, and even if they are lacking or absent. A report of 5 cases helps to understand the importance of maternal love.

Keywords

maternal care; childhood; negative events; depression

Hrčak ID:

262959

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262959

Publication date:

21.11.2018.

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