Jacobson B, Eklund G, Hamberger L, Linnarsson D, Sedvall G, Valverius M
Department of Medical Engineering, State Institute of Forensic Medicine in Stockholm, Solna, Sweden.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1987 Oct;76(4):364-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb05620.x.
The study was undertaken to test whether obstetric procedures are of importance for eventual adult behavior of the newborn, as ecological data from the United States seem to indicate. Birth record data were gathered for 412 forensic victims comprising suicides, alcoholics and drug addicts born in Stockholm after 1940, and who died there in 1978-1984. The births of the victims were unevenly distributed among six hospitals. Comparison with 2,901 controls, and mutual comparison of categories, showed that suicides involving asphyxiation were closely associated with asphyxia at birth, suicides by violent mechanical means were associated with mechanical birth trauma and drug addiction was associated with opiate and/or barbiturate administration to mothers during labor. Irrespective of the mechanism transferring the birth trauma to adulthood--which might be analogous to imprinting--the results show that obstetric procedures should be carefully evaluated and possibly modified to prevent eventual self-destructive behavior.
正如来自美国的生态数据所显示的那样，开展这项研究是为了检验产科程序对于新生儿最终的成人行为是否重要。收集了1940年以后出生于斯德哥尔摩且于1978年至1984年在当地死亡的412名法医鉴定受害者的出生记录数据，这些受害者包括自杀者、酗酒者和吸毒成瘾者。受害者的出生情况在六家医院中分布不均。与2901名对照者进行比较以及各类别之间的相互比较显示，窒息性自杀与出生时的窒息密切相关，暴力机械性自杀与分娩时的机械性产伤相关，而吸毒成瘾与分娩期间给母亲使用鸦片制剂和/或巴比妥酸盐有关。无论将出生创伤传递至成年期的机制是什么——这可能类似于印记——结果表明，应对产科程序进行仔细评估，并可能加以改进，以防止最终出现自我毁灭行为。
