Evidence indicates that severe social isolation and early maternal separation can lead to deprivation failure-to-thrive and developmental failure in infants.
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Maternal Behavior One Year After Early and Extended Post‐partum Contact
1974 · cited by 203
Early literature on perinatal separation links early maternal-infant separation and deprivation to failure-to-thrive conditions in infants.
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Non-organic failure to thrive: a reappraisal.
1985 · cited by 122
Non-organic failure to thrive in infants involves inadequate nutrition and care often tied to disrupted caregiver interactions.