Links Between Maternal Behavior and Psychological Sequelae

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Researchers from Taiwan and the United States find, in a study of 1,752 inner-city infants born between 1960 and 1965 (the Johns Hopkins Pathways to Adulthood Study), a significant association between unsupportive maternal behavior at eight months and subsequent adult mental health. Results appear in Comprehensive Psychiatry.

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Fan, A., Buka, S., Kosik, R., Chen, Y.; Association Between Maternal Behavior in Infancy and Adult Mental Health: A Thirty-Year Prospective Study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. Online October 28, 2013.

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Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open Dialogue, he works as part of a team and consults with couples and families that have members identified as patients. His work in residential treatment — largely with severely traumatized and/or "psychotic" clients — led to an appreciation of the power and beauty of systemic philosophy and practice, as the alternative to the prevailing focus on individual pathology. A former film-maker, he has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Harvard University as well as an MFT degree from the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. Kermit leads workshops and webinars on the role of humor in psychotherapy and other human services. You can reach him at [email protected].

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