Kaspar Hauser Syndrome of Psychosocial Dwarfism Deficient Statural, Intellectual and Social Growth Induced by Child Abuse

Name: Kaspar Hauser Syndrome of Psychosocial Dwarfism Deficient Statural, Intellectual and Social Growth Induced by Child Abuse
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ISBN: 9780879757540

ISBN-10: 087975754X

ISBN-13: 9780879757540

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Authors: John Money

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Hauser was a physically stunted adult with the mind of a child, who was abandoned at the city gate of Nuremburg in 1828, after seventeen years of neglect and isolation in a dungeon. The notoriety of his case gave the impetus to many learned arguments regarding the significance of nature versus nurture. Money summarises the various incorrect theories that have been advanced since Hauser's time by paediatricians, psychologists, and psychiatrists. He underscores recent studies showing that deprivation drastically impairs the normal functioning of growth hormones, thus causing physical dwarfism, mental retardation, and defective social development. He shows how children from abusive…

Book details

List price: $45.99
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 7/1/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.30" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



Kaspar Hauser Syndrome, 1800-1967



Eponym



Untamed Nature Versus Social Deprivation



Hospitalism



Maternal Deprivation



Retardation of Intellectual Growth



Hormones and Statural Growth



Kaspar Hauser Syndrome, 1968-1991



Deprivation, Abuse, and Neglect



Nutritional Deprivation



Sleep Deprivation



Grooming Deprivation



Pain Agnosia



Addiction to Abuse



Affiliative Bonding



Diagnosis and Nomenclature



Delayed Onset of Puberty



Social Age and Psychopathology



IQ and Intellectual Catchup Growth



Parental Collusion



Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy



The Paleodigms of Sacrifice



Lovemaps



Nonjudgmentalism



Kaspar Hauser in Literature




Chronicle and Controversy: Kaspar Hauser and Human Nature



Poetry: The Romanticized Hauser



Drama: Kaspar, The Prisoner of Language



The Novel: Kaspar Hauser, Symbol of Isolation and Deprivation in The Big City


Epilogue


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index