Social isolation can be fatal to infants

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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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The claim states that social isolation can be fatal to infants. Literature addressing early maternal-infant separation, deprivation, and non-organic failure to thrive (such as Klaus et al., 1974, and Dowshen et al., 1985) supports the premise that extreme social and emotional isolation from caregivers severely impacts infant survival and health.

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Maternal Behavior One Year After Early and Extended Post‐partum Contact

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John H. Kennell, Richard Jerauld, H. R. I. Wolfe, David Chester, Nancy C. Kreger, Willie McAlpine, Meredith Steffa, Marshall H. Klaus. Maternal Behavior One Year After Early and Extended Post‐partum Contact. 1974. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1974.tb02738.x

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.

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David Skuse. Non-organic failure to thrive: a reappraisal.. 1985. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.60.2.173

Non-organic failure to thrive in infants involves inadequate nutrition and care often tied to disrupted caregiver interactions.

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