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The Vulnerable Child Syndrome

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In a landmark study in 1964, Green and Solnit described the vulnerable child syndrome (VCS) as a set of clinical features in which unfounded parental anxiety about the health of a child resulted in disturbances of the parent-child interaction. The parents’ perception of their child as being vulnerable led to maladaptive behaviors. The parents overprotected the child, were unable to set age-appropriate limits, and displayed excessive concerns in medical settings about their child's health. The children responded with exaggerated separation anxiety, out-of-control behavior, school underachievement, and distorted perceptions of their own health. Parental perception of a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Faye Kokotos, MD
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Henry M. Adam, MD, Editor, In Brief

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