Talk:Pre- and perinatal psychology
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[edit] B class low importance article
"Article is largely uncited, has not applied for GA class, assessed at B class" I agree. I am going to get to this one in July '07 and fix the citation problems plus raise it's importance. Help always appreciated.--Ziji 23:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
- This article now has an amazing number of references -- in fact, it's about 50% references on my computer screen. I'd like to see a little more specific content to expand the text now. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:34, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Psychoneuroendocrinology
This is a useful area to establish scientific credentials for the field. I have tapped a number of useful references. I have also begun a Frank Lake article - any additions gratefully recvieved, including critique of his maternal-fetal distress syndrome.-- Ziji (talk) 13:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Interdisciplinary field
I have included a number of references to establish the bona fides of prenatal and perinatal psychology as an interdisciplinary field, including hard sciences such as neurobiology. This has changed the tone of the intro quite a bit and it could disturb old hands who have thought of the field more in the terms of the later discussion in the article, where my affections are as well - you may notice I have started the article on Frank Lake to honor a leader in the field as significant to me as Grof and Rank - fortunately recognised as such or I would be in breach of NPOV. My reason for changing this to the extent that I have is to get the article up to an encyclopedic standard, where it will have a place in Psychology (dominated as parts of it are by cogntive science) that has yet to register that the fetus has both temperament, memory and perception, which lay the foundation for learning, personality and character formation. Trauma to the fetus and/or mother have measurable and enduring hormonal and structural effects, which set patterns of responding and learning throughout life. Third generation descendants of holocaust survivors are a good example of the grandmother effect in these enduring patterns of response. They generally have higher cortisol levels than matched groups of non descendants of holocaust survivors. These also are legitimate areas for inclusion in this article, and I invite editors with expertise in that and related areas to contribute to this article. My other reason for making these changes is a longer term goal of getting Body psychotherapy (which inlcudes breath work for instance) and Somatic Psychology if merged, up to the same level of intrinsic authority, but it needs prenatal and perinatal psychology to support it-- Ziji (talk) 23:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
