PEP | Article - General: M. D. Eder. The Psychology of the Expectant Mother. National Health and Nursing Notes, September, 1925. (Originally given as an address to the Summer School of Maternity and Child Welfare during 'Baby Week, ' July, 1925, London.)

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Abstract

The speaker discounted the superstitions associating mental influences on the mother with the child's mentality. It is possible that affective disturbances may influence the maternal endocrine system, but nothing definite is known of the matter. The narcissistic self-withdrawal during pregnancy was discussed and the symptoms of morning sickness considered in terms of ambivalency.

PEP | Article - General: M. D. Eder. The Psychology of the Expectant Mother. National Health and Nursing Notes, September, 1925. (Originally given as an address to the Summer School of Maternity and Child Welfare during 'Baby Week, ' July, 1925, London.) - Low, Barbara