Maternal Deprivation Reassessed

by Michael Rutter

Twenty years have passed since "Maternal Deprivation" was first greeted with a storm of controversy. Some early views have been modified, but the basic proposition - that lack, loss or distortion of child care have a very important effect on psychological development - has received substantial support. In this book the author reviews the qualities of motherhood needed for the normal development and considers both short-term and long-term effects of maternal deprivation.

Genres: Psychology

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1972

About the author

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Professor Sir Michael Rutter is the first consultant of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychology". Currently he is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, a post he has held since 1966.

Reviews

[Sarah M]

This book was written in the seventies so obviously a lot of its finding are dated but it was interesting enough.
No joke, I have been reading this book for about seven years on and (mostly) off. Today is a glorious day. IT IS DONE.

[Gail]

A set text at Uni. . A Freudian perspective....poor Mum gets the blame for everything. Thank goodness we have moved on from this dangerous and erroneous thinking.