[ozmidwifery] Fw: [ababcnet] Crying could cause brain damage (news.com.au report)

[barbara glare & chris bright]

>
> Crying could cause brain damage
> By Robin Yapp
> 01 December 2004
>
> LEAVING children to cry without offering any comfort could cause lasting
> damage to their brains, it was claimed yesterday.
>
> British psychologist Professor Margot Sunderland said high rates of
> depression and emotional problems in teenagers may be the result of
ignoring
> their distress earlier in life.
> Persistent distress as a child could lead to lasting changes in the brain,
> including shrinkage of an area that links its emotional and logical sides.
> Expert opinion has been divided over the years on whether parents, to
> encourage a regular sleep routine, should leave babies and toddlers to cry
> until they fall asleep rather than rushing to their side.
> Professor Sunderland's book, for which she reviewed more than 700
scientific
> papers, said this was potentially dangerous advice.
> "The blunt truth is that uncomforted distress may cause damage to the
> child's developing brain," said Professor Sunderland, who is director of
> training at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London.
> "If you ignore a crying child, tell them to shut up or put them in a room
on
> their own, you can cause serious damage to their brains on a level that
can
> result in severe neurosis and emotional disorders later in life."
> The dramatic claims are the latest chapter in one of the most hotly
debated
> areas of child care.
> Some experts, such as child psychologist Dr Penelope Leach, say parents
must
> take the attitude that "baby knows best" and encourage mothers to follow
> their maternal instincts to cuddle their child when he or she cries.
> But Gina Ford, a leading maternity nurse, said parents should stick to
> schedules for feeding and sleeping in order to help get children into a
> routine and should resist picking up a crying child during sleep times.
> Professor Sunderland said brain scans showed that stress early in life
could
> shrink an area of the brain called the corpus callosum.
> This is a bundle of nerve fibres which connects the brain's right
> hemisphere, which is associated with emotion, to the left hemisphere,
which
> is associated with logic.
> "Parents should never try to persuade their child out of feeling a certain
> emotion," she said.
> "It is important to prove to them you are empathising through the time you
> give them and the language and facial expressions you use.
> "If your child is upset, you will increase rather than reduce their
feelings
> of stress by not taking their upset seriously.
> "Attempting to jolly them out of the mood will result in them
internalising
> their stresses."
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: [MCVic] spiritual needs in pregnancy

[Alphia Possamai-Inesedy]

Dear Nicole,
Here are two references which are from a nursing perspective - there has
been some work done by theologians, anthropologists as well as
sociologists.  I hope that this is of help and sorry for the delay
in getting this to you - It seems the last 3 months have gone by in a
flash - I cant believe it is almost Christmas.
take care
Alphia
Cultural Perceptions of Childbirth: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of
Childbearing Women
AU:
Callister,
Lynn Clark;
Vehvilainen-Julkunen,
Katri;
Lauri,
Sirkka
SO: Journal of Holistic Nursing, 1996, 14, 1, Mar, 66-78
Cultural and spiritual meanings of
childbirth
Lynn
Clark Callister,
Sonia
Semenic,
Joyce Cameron
Foster.
Journal
of Holistic Nursing. Springfield:
Sep
1999.Vol.17, Iss. 3;  pg. 280, 16 pgs




At 02:03 AM 30/11/2004, you wrote:
Hi
nicole:
 
I couldn't resist doing a quick search on
Pubmed using the terms pregnancy AND "spiritual needs" I came
up with  3 journal articles  which do appear to be commentories
and also all more than 10 years old.
 
The web site is:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
and it is free.
 
I then entered: pregnancy AND spirituality and got 37 hits with a few research articles at the very top. If you can't get into pubmed I can make a copy of the list of articles for you. You may need to expand the definition of research to include action research and various psychological and sociological research methodologies: you wont find any RCT's.
 
marilyn
 


 

 

 Original Message - 

From: Nicole Carver 

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Cc: ozmid 

Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 2:32 AM

Subject: [ozmidwifery] Re: [MCVic] spiritual needs in pregnancy

Sorry guys, I meant haven't been able to find articles about spiritual needs. There's plenty about the other two.

Nicole.

- Original Message - 

From: Nicole Carver 

To: ozmid ; Maternity Coalition 

Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 9:30 PM

Subject: [MCVic] spiritual needs in pregnancy

Hi all,

I am writing a thesis at the moment about women's needs in pregnancy. I am looking at physical, emotional and spiritual needs. I have not been able to find any research articles, only commentary on the subject. Can anyone point me towards some original research on this topic?

Thanks,

Nicole Carver.



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[ozmidwifery] From conception to birth

[Andrea Quanchi]

From Conception to Birth: A life unfolds
Alexander Tsiaras
Random House, 2002
I recently bought this book from Birth International (this is an 
unsolicited plug).

If you can get over how many ultrsounds etc were done to make the book 
it is the most amazing book and worth every cent of the $75:00 it cost. 
From the day of conception until birth the 3D pictures show detail of 
the developing embryo that you will never have seen before.  It is 
divided into systems and with the aid of colour shows each system as it 
develops. A great book to have in your library.

Andrea Quanchi
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[ozmidwifery] Valuable Thoughts

[Mary Murphy]

Thought for the 
Day: "Loving people live in a loving world.  Hostile people live in 
a hostile world.  But it's the same world.  How come?"  Dr. Wayne 
Dyer