Ecopsychology and the newborn. Part I: How does the attachment to nature start?

by Ibone Olza and Sharon E. MacDonnell Originally Published in: Ecopsychology. June 2010, 2(2): 105-109.   ABSTRACT   How and when does the ecological unconscious develop in the human newborn? Research from the neurobiological findings of attachment theory has shown the deleterious effect of mother separation on the brain development of newborns. Innovations in newborn…

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PTSD and obstetric violence

by Ibone Olza, MD, PhD Originally Published in Midwifery Today Int Midwife. 2013 Spring;(105):48-9, 68 Childbirth can be a traumatic event for many women. Different studies have found a high prevalence of trauma symptoms following childbirth. In a British study, up to a third of all women reported that labour was traumatic and that they…

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