Justina Pelletier is the 15-year-old girl who is at the center of a dispute between her parents and the Psychiatry Department at Boston Children’s Hospital. Justina, who lived with her parents in Connecticut, had been diagnosed with mitochondrial disease, a rare and debilitating illness, and had been receiving treatment for this from Mark Korson, MD,… Continue Reading
The Problem of Blame
On January 27, I posted Maternal Attachment in Infancy and Adult Mental Health. In this article I reviewed a longitudinal study by Fan et al. The main finding of the study was: “Infants who experience unsupportive maternal behavior at 8 months have an increased risk for developing psychological sequelae later in life.” In my article,… Continue Reading
Maternal Attachment in Infancy and Adult Mental Health
There’s an interesting article by Angela Fan et al, in Comprehensive Psychiatry, October 28, 2013. It’s titled Association between maternal behavior in infancy and adult mental health: A 30-year prospective study. The data for this investigation were gathered as part of a wider longitudinal study. PROCEDURE Participants in the study were 1,752 babies born between… Continue Reading
The Living-With-Parents Blues
Despite the general rise in economic indicators over the past year or two, there are still many young adults who, for economic reasons, have had to move back in with their parents. A proportion of these people become depressed. Depression is the normal human reaction to loss, disappointment, or a general sense of unfulfillment. Viewed… Continue Reading
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