Newborn babies languishing in the hospital for weeks waiting to drop. Others were cared for in overcrowded childcare facilities (ASE) which are understaffed. It is a reality that is hard to imagine in 21st century France. However, because of the lack of places, today it happens that children who are entrusted to child protective services to protect them from failed parents, suffer from the hospital.
A syndrome that refers to post-war images that we thought were gone. This form of depression, associated with affective deprivation and the absence of an attachment figure in the context of a long hospital stay or placement, was first described in 1946 by psychiatrist René Spitz.
Last summer, dozens of cases of hospitalization of infants cared for at the Nantes University Hospital, published by the Médiacités Nantes information website, caused quite a stir. “Since…
Source: Le Figaro
