Our nervous system has an organized stress response system with different developmentally sensitive periods – the fear of abandonment and the fear of attack. Our 30-year longitudinal study has revealed the impacts of caregiver withdrawing behaviours on the development of the human nervous system and the long-term impacts that early disrupted attachment has on adulthood.
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Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD is a professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, a clinical supervisor for the Cambridge Health Alliance Psychology and Psychiatry training programs and a core faculty member for the first-year Child Psychiatry Seminar for MGH/McLean, Children’s Hospital, and Cambridge Health Alliance fellows. She was a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Duke University and received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from Harvard University. Before coming to Harvard Medical School, she completed a clinical internship at McLean Hospital and served as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Child Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Karlen Lyons-Ruth is a professor at Harvard Medical School. She is a staff psychologist and supervising psychologist at Cambridge Health Alliance. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Karlen Lyons-Ruth is a fellow of the American Psychological Association. She is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development; the Massachusetts Psychological Association; International Society for Infant Studies; and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Lyons-Ruth is an advisory board member at Infant-Parent Training Institute.
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