Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

A new study now shows how strongly postpartum depression and mother-to-infant bonding affect child difficulties in sixth grade. Also, emphasizes the importance of secure early bonding experiences in ...

Erik Erikson was a German psychologist who theorized that there's a specific psychological struggle that takes place through the eight stages of a person's life. These struggles, he believed, ...

Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as critical factors in a child's psychosocial development. However, few studies have explored the combined impact of ...

Erik Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory (1950, 1968) was a response to Freud's reductionistic views of the human personality. For Erikson, all people have an essence, including the sexuality ...

A new study highlights how the strong influence of postpartum depression and mother-to-infant bonding affects child difficulties in sixth grade and also emphasizes the importance of secure early ...