The Treatment of Pediatric Asthma with Bonding Therapy

Review Article

Abstract

The connection between childhood asthma and maternal factors has been studied for eighty years. The culmination of years of research in this area led Yatsenko [1] to investigate the major factors involved: maternal distress, depression, C-section deliveries, and interaction problems witnessed early on. She found a strong link between disruptions in maternal-infant bonding and the development of asthma. She also wrote that the Redwood Psychology Center in Sonoma County seems to have developed a treatment that significantly helps asthmatic children. The current article discusses how this treatment was discovered and the research that supports its effectiveness.