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Children Under Five in an Adult Psychiatric Ward
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the routine admission of children below school age with their mothers, it being postulated that this would be to the benefit of both and that the emotional needs of the children would continue to be met during the mothers' treatment. Modern paediatric practice emphasizes the maintenance of the close emotional bond between mother and child, and it was felt that if a mother is mentally ill, the resulting psychological trauma to her child should not be made worse by separating them.
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