Burnstein M H
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1981 Summer;11(4):213-21. doi: 10.1007/BF00706520.
Even thought the act of physical abandonment is a relatively common occurrence, it remains an understudied social phenomena. It has been an act of parents since earliest times, but even in our modern enlightened society, children are still ejected from their homes and physically abandoned in frightening numbers. Even though attention has been directed toward the understanding and combating of the numerous variations of child abuse and neglect, the problem of physical abandonment is rarely discussed until sensationalistic news reports emerge to remind us that children are still left in parks or on street corners. To further understand this phenomena of child abandonment, this paper reviews the literature and examines the process from historical, sociological and psychological perspectives. This report looks to stimulate further interest in physical child abandonment and its precursor, psychological child rejection, as forms of child abuse and neglect which can and should be combated by proper psychiatric intervention.
尽管身体遗弃行为是一种相对常见的现象，但它仍然是一个研究不足的社会现象。从最早的时候起，这就是父母的一种行为，但即使在我们现代开明的社会中，仍有数量惊人的儿童被赶出家门并遭到身体遗弃。尽管人们已经将注意力转向理解和打击各种形式的虐待和忽视儿童行为，但直到耸人听闻的新闻报道出现提醒我们儿童仍被遗弃在公园或街角，身体遗弃问题才很少被讨论。为了进一步理解儿童遗弃这一现象，本文回顾了相关文献，并从历史、社会学和心理学角度审视了这一过程。本报告旨在激发人们对儿童身体遗弃及其前身——儿童心理排斥的进一步关注，它们作为虐待和忽视儿童的形式，可以而且应该通过适当的精神科干预加以打击。
