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Edited by Colin Murray Parkes and Joan Stevenson-Hinde. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1980. 331 pp.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTACHMENT AND AFFILIATIVE SYSTEMS. Edited by Robert N. Emde and Robert J. Harmon. New York/London: Plenum Press, 1982. 311 pp.
Few adults can remain dry-eyed when they view James Robertson's "A Two-Year-Old Goes to Hospital" or his film series, "Young Children in Separation." We are deeply affected by a young child's stark pain when his relationship with his parents is interrupted and by his subsequent withdrawal or tentative responses when reunited. As observers of this emotional carnage we wonder: What are the long-term effects of these experiences—distrust?, depression?, self-doubt? Inevitably, we ask, "How can we understand, prevent, and heal the psychic consequences of these experiences?" We have witnessed a proliferation of studies of temporary or prolonged parent-child separation due to illness, hospitalization, divorce,