Brett, HTM'L, divorced, frantically projecting his own sensations:"Why not just come out and admit that you're an old fuddy-duddy, stick-in-the-mud conservative who is just jealous that you aren't woman enough to care for *a* child and manage a career at the same time?"

I think it's becoming clearer to some here who the armcha-rire anal-ist, alienated close-mind old "fuddy-daddy" here is, alright.

http://www.violence.de/prescott/pt/article.html

ALIENATION OF AFFECTION

By James W. Prescott, Ph.D.

"Deprived of their mothers, Harry Harlow's monkeys were at times apathetic, at times hyperactive, and given to outbursts of violence. Raised in isolation, they were socially inept: they often held themselves and rocked like autistic children.

What Harlow could not know at the time of his dramatic experiments in the late 1950s and 1960s was that these behavioral disturbances were accompanied by brain damage. More recent studies suggest that during formative periods of brain growth, certain kinds of sensory deprivation -- such as lack of touching and rocking by the mother -- result in incomplete or damaged development of the neuronal systems that control affection (for instance, a loss of the nerve-cell branches called dendrites). Since the same systems influence brain centers associated with violence, in a mutually inhibiting mechanism, the deprived infant may have difficulty controlling violent impulses as an adult. "

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"In addition, cross-cultural studies have established a significant relationship between the physical affection shown human infants and rates of adult physical violence. In one study of 49 primitive cultures, I found that when levels of infant affection are low -- as among the Comanches and the Ashanti -- levels of violence are high; where physical affection is high -- as among the Maori of New Zealand and the Balinese -- violence is low. I also found that restrictions on premarital sexual affection were associated with high violence.
The possible lesson for modern countries is clear. We seem to be suffering from breakdowns in affectional bonds -- reflected in everything from rates of divorce to sexual crimes, alcoholism, and drug abuse. "

The main website:

http://www.violence.de/archive.shtml

THE ORIGINS OF PEACE AND VIOLENCE

"Deprivation of Physical Affection as a Main Cause of Depression, Aggression and Drug Abuse"

Includes this:

James W. Prescott, Ph.D.: Breastfeeding Prevents Depression and Suicide

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What's that feelgood drug just outlawed in Britain for causing some suicidal tendencies?

Oh, here, I saved the article:

"Britain Says Use of Paxil by Children is Dangerous"

(NY Times, Weds., June 11, 2003, page W1)

Maybe the pore kids wouldn't need as much Paxil (Seroxat in Britain) if they had gotten more and better nurture? Time will tell.

It's been used for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (what is that, in the DSM?).