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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Anaclitic depression

Anaclitic depression

  • Hospitalism

Nature

Some infants around nine months of age suffer from sadness, weeping, withdrawal, and refusal to eat. It is caused by the absence of the mother figure for at least three months.

Broader

Mental depression in children
Presentable
Emotional disorders
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Maternal deprivation
Presentable

Related

Maternal deprivation
Presentable

Value

Depression
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Individuation » Psychoanalysis
  • Psychology » Psychology
  • Society » Infants
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E1883
    DOCID
    11518830
    D7NID
    167643
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020