When mothers leave their children behind

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-243

  Schen, Cathy R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child; Child loss; Mother; Psychosis; Separation

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE WORKER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; WAR;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; WAR; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 26444487475     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220500243380     Document Type: Review

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