Bonding failure: 'I don't know this baby, she's nothing to do with me'

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-24

  Sluckin, Andy ^a  

^a Bethel Child & Family Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonding failure; Maternal attachment; Postnatal depression; Systemic therapy; Video interaction guidance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031974149     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104598031003     Document Type: Review

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