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Children of Child Survivors of the Holocaust:Can Trauma be Transmitted Across the Generations? PDF Print E-mail

"To deal honestly with extremity may require extreme representational means, and an acceptance of a degree of desensitization that is the by-product of realistic media." - Geoffrey H. Hartman 1

Kellermann (2) observed, 'During the last four decades, the literature on transgenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma has grown into a rich body of unique psychological knowledge with some 400 publications.' One challenge faced in our post Holocaust world is to deal honestly with the history, theology, ethics, and memory of that unprecedented experience.(3) Honesty requires a confrontation with the emerging psychological knowledge of the impact of massive trauma on the individual and society;
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Pathological Attachments and Therapeutic Action PDF Print E-mail

Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA

A transgenerational model of personality disorder

There is some evidence of a specific link between childhood maltreatment and certain personality disorders. As children, such individuals frequently had caregivers who were themselves within the so-called ‘borderline spectrum’ of severe personality disorder (Barach, 1991; Benjamin & Benjamin, 1994; Shachnow et al., 1997). The social inheritance aspect may be an important clue in our understanding of the disorder.

 

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Transgenerational Consistencies of Attachment: A New Theory PDF Print E-mail

Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA

Paper to the Developmental and Psychoanalytic Discussion Group, American Psychoanalytic Association Meeting, Washington DC  13 May 1999

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20 interview questions that work PDF Print E-mail
This article was originally published in the journal, "Contemporary Pediatrics," in November 1992. The editor of that publication have given us, as an educational, non-profit organization, permission to republish it in our website.
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Parent Article Disclaimer PDF Print E-mail
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  • A Letter to Parents
  •  What Should Parents Expect From a Health Plan That Provides Quality Behavioral Health Care?
  •  Taking Charge of Your Child's Emotional Health
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A Pediatrician's Perspective on ADHD PDF Print E-mail
By Mary B. Flannery, MD
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Note from Dr. Howard King, Founder of CEHL.org:


There are several reasons why this article is important. I wish I knew how to manage all the common emotional conditions of children, but it is impossible. ADHD is one condition with which I am not sufficiently familiar and many pediatricians feel ill equipped to treat.

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