In a message dated 4 May 97 at 14:07, Matthew Levy says: > There has been much discussion on this list recently on > the > related issues of political psychopathology and childcare. Much of > this seems to be prompted by Dr. Garelli's original comment that > many of our political problems are attributable to the pathological > character of politicians, and the suggestion that we can do away > with such problems by having mental health care professionals > monitor our elected (or unelected) officials, and by introducing > new methods of childrearing. I never said such a thing. Moreover, I asserted that current political sociopaths are irredeemable, and that nothing can be done to redress this situation. What I did say is that there are ways to early detection of psychopathic and sociopathic tendencies in infants and preschoolers and that psychiatric intervention in those cases might prevent anti-social developments. It couldn't be further from the truth to assert I ever mentioned introducing new methods of childrearing. I only talked about enhancing maternal care in a frivolous world where children are reared by maids and au pair girls. If this is the biased, foul way the work of Attachment Theorists is going to be construed, I will refrain from posting anything else on the issue in future. Juan Carlos Garelli, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Early Development Attachment Research Center University of Buenos Aires