Spitz coined the term " "'anaclitic depression "'" to refer to partial emotional deprivation ( the loss of a loved object ).
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Spitz valued several aspects : Infant observation and assessment, anaclitic depression ( hospitalism ), developmental transitions, the processes of effective communication, and understanding developmental complexity.
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Spitz adopted the term " anaclitic depression " to describe the child's reaction of grief, anger, and apathy to partial emotional deprivation ( the loss of a loved object ) and proposed that when the love object is returned to the child within three to five months, recovery is prompt but after five months, they will show the symptoms of increasingly serious deterioration.
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severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute
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