Obsessional states

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Abstract
While an abnormal birth may result in minimal brain damage this is not necessarily the significant factor. The separation of mother and baby in the immediate neonatal period, which usually follows an abnormal birth, may be of more relevance. Observations were made on certain phenomenological aspects on obsessions in patients who give a history of abnormal birth as compared with those patients who have obsessional states and give a normal birth history. The separation anxiety theory is an important etiological factor in the obsessional neurotic state.

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