Margot Sunderland
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Margot Sunderland is an English
children's psychologist
and psychotherapist. She is the Director of Education and Training at the Centre for Child Mental Health London and an honorary visiting fellow at the London Metropolitan University
. She has been working with families and children for over 20 years. She is the author of over twenty books in the field of child mental health, which collectively have been translated into eighteen languages and published in twenty-four countries.
Margot Sunderland has written over twenty books on child mental health. In her popular book The Science of Parenting, which has been translated into several languages and won the first prize in the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards in 2007, she states that emotional neglect in childhood including letting a baby cry it out can cause brain damage by severe stress and high amounts of cortisol
. In this connection she also refers to research results of Jaak Panksepp
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
children's psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
and psychotherapist. She is the Director of Education and Training at the Centre for Child Mental Health London and an honorary visiting fellow at the London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...
. She has been working with families and children for over 20 years. She is the author of over twenty books in the field of child mental health, which collectively have been translated into eighteen languages and published in twenty-four countries.
Margot Sunderland has written over twenty books on child mental health. In her popular book The Science of Parenting, which has been translated into several languages and won the first prize in the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards in 2007, she states that emotional neglect in childhood including letting a baby cry it out can cause brain damage by severe stress and high amounts of cortisol
Cortisol
Cortisol is a steroid hormone, more specifically a glucocorticoid, produced by the adrenal gland. It is released in response to stress and a low level of blood glucocorticoids. Its primary functions are to increase blood sugar through gluconeogenesis; suppress the immune system; and aid in fat,...
. In this connection she also refers to research results of Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp is an Estonian-born American psychologist, a psychobiologist, a neuroscientist, the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science for the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine,...
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Publications
- Margot Sunderland (2008). The Science of Parenting DK ADULT. 288 pp. ISBN 075663993X. ISBN 978-0756639938