Biomedical subjects

E S Wertheim

Publications and source records attributed to E S Wertheim.

13 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1987

[Prenatal origin of parent-child relations. I. Attempt at a schema of development].

All over the world in recent years the increasing awareness of the importance of the relationship between parent and child for the perinatal period has led to changes in the practices of maternity units. Unfortunately, concentrating on the perinatal period has turned attention away from the interaction of the parent with the child over a much longer period before and after birth. We suggest that, under favourable conditions, there is a psychobiological development of the relationship that exists in the perinatal period which has developed in parallel with the physical development of the fetus. This article suggests how the normal process of the antenatal development occurs in this reference and points out certain psycho-social difficulties that can interfere with its progress. Our thesis is that it is essential to understand this process as part of the complete care given in obstetrics.

Embryonic and Fetal Development↗

PubMed1987

[Prenatal origin of parent-infant bonding: 2: Implications for obstetric care].

Modern Western obstetric care has concentrated mainly on the physical well-being of mother and fetus. In recent years, increasing awareness of psycho-social issues has led to changes in labour ward practices. It is suggested that changes in antenatal practice are now necessary in order to bring preventive measures to bear on many areas of potential developmental, marital and parenting difficulties. Building on the framework proposed in the preceding paper, we offer concrete systematic guidelines for extending the antenatal obstetric agenda to cover those additional and important aspects of pregnancy.

Female↗

PubMed1975

Family unit therapy, the institution of the family and positive mental health.

Family unit therapy (F. U. T.) is conceptually differentiated from family member therapy (F. M. T). Clinical material is used to demonstrate the potential of F. U. T. for inducing positive-adaptive changes in the family, as a system, and in the functioning of its members, as related to Emotional Capital (EC), Autonomy (A), Self-Regulation (SR) and Competence (C). The implications of this experience and of some family research for social action are discussed. Questions are also raised about established and socially significant diagnostic and treatment practices, in dealing with emotionally and intellectually deprived children who are slow to develop.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1975

Positive mental health, Western society and the family.

Positive mental health is used as a bio-adaptive concept, operationally defined in terms of four components: emotional capital (EC), autonomy (A), self-regulation (SR) and competence (C). It is argued that the current adaptive crisis of Western man is due, amongst other factors, to the failure of key social institutions in Western Society, including the family, to provide conditions conducive to the development and/or exercise of these components of mental health. Western man's solutions to this adaptive crisis are shown to fall into two categories-one, representing destructive (anarchist) and the other, a constructive approach. The position is taken that the latter approach needs to be applied more extensively in the functional rehabilitation of the family.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1974