What a great topic! I spent yesterday at a cont. ed (for soc. work) course discussing trauma/attachment, etc. (Creating Sanctuary. The woman who developed this model for treating trauma is redifining what trauma is and how to treat it). Talked about birth in today's society as trauma (!) and attachment as a way to heal. Anyway, you might want to look at the attachment theory literature. There is a new book that contains most of the major lit on this: Shur, Alan (sp?); Attachment theory in the development of the self (????). Don't have the exact citation. Lots of luck on this front. I think it's long overdue. Johanna Berger, LSW Breastfeeding Counselor Bala Cynwyd, PA ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html