Lack of Hugs Can Change Children’s Neurobiology – CME Teaching Brief – MedPage Today
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Lack of Hugs Can Change Children’s Neurobiology – CME Teaching Brief – MedPage Today
Wednesday, November 23, 2005Lack of Hugs Can Change Children’s Neurobiology – CME Teaching Brief – MedPage Today Hug your babies!!
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It’s much worse than the cited article suggests. Dr. Martin Teicher, MD, PhD, in “Scars That Won’t Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse”, Scientific American, March 2003, documents a wide range of neurological problems, really: physiological differences between those who had a “normal” childhood and those who were neglected or abused. See also: http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/PublicAffairs/20001214_child_abuse.htm