The relationship between the parents and the premature baby
- The arrival of a newborn baby confronts the parents with the loss of their own childhood and the process of mourning that this entails. In the case of a premature birth, where the often brutal experience of birth is followed by a forced separation of hospitalization, the situation is even more complicated, making it sometimes difficult for the mother to invest in the baby libidinally. The presence of a psychoanalyst working with the resuscitation team can facilitate the encounter with the parents, the baby, and the caretakers, and can, by >supposing a subject< in the baby, help to restore the bond between mother and child.
Author: | Catherine Vanier |
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Parent Title (English): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 26 (No. 1, 2017), pp. 029-032. |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
Release Date: | 2017/11/20 |
Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
IdNo: | Vanier_C_2017 |
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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