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    Children and Social Attachment Issues

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    In five pages this paper considers research by Rene Spitz and Harry Harlow on social attachment issues involving children and how inadequate care can result in developmental problems. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    the results of those experiments. Bibliography lists 3 sources. JGAspitz.rtf Social Attachment in Children Research Compiled for Enterprises Inc.   11/2001 to Use This Paper Properly, INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on the developmental needs of children, especially those in institutions and  other places where they might not get adequate care in their infancy. Topics include information on the work by Rene Spitz and Harry Harlow, as well as experiments on  monkeys who were not given adequate attention in infancy and the results of those experiments. EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS One of the earliest doctors to study childhood development in  infancy was Rene Spitz who first identified psychiatric nuances of infancy. Coining the words both Hospiralism and anacliric depression, Spitz described these as clinical disorders. There are  a very complex and diverse number of behavioral disorders that can be exhibited in young children. Because these disorders are appearing in extremely young children, it of course makes  the process of diagnosis to be a challenging one to say the least. One aspect of the puzzle was explained by a doctor as "there is no such thing  as a baby," (Harmon, 7, 2001), which should serve to remind us that "infants and toddlers are part of relationships and that to understand psychiatric disorders, one must also understand  (and sometimes diagnose) relationships" (Harmon 7, 2001). There is perhaps no more vital a growth period in an individuals life than during infancy. Indeed, the very fundamental formation of  ones entire physical, emotional and mental being is established throughout the first several months of life. Playing an integral role in this developmental stage is that of self-esteem, which 

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