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Children Under Five in an Adult Psychiatric Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Neil Mitchell  and
Christopher Turton
Neil Mitchell
Affiliation:
Warlingham Park Hospital, Surrey; Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke, Hants
Christopher Turton
Affiliation:
Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke, Hants
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the routine admission of children below school age with their mothers, it being postulated that this would be to the benefit of both and that the emotional needs of the children would continue to be met during the mothers' treatment. Modern paediatric practice emphasizes the maintenance of the close emotional bond between mother and child, and it was felt that if a mother is mentally ill, the resulting psychological trauma to her child should not be made worse by separating them.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 492 , November 1966 , pp. 1117 - 1118
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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