A Viewpoint of the Development Theory that is Necessary for the Medical Examination and Treatment of Children with Psychosomatic Problems(<Special Issue>Psychosomatic Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence)

Abstract

The growth and development of the child is characterized by the process of becoming independent as a social member on the biological base while receiving enivironmental stimulus including human relations. A viewpoint of growth and development is demanded in medical examination and treatment for the child who is going ahead at his best under stress imposed upon him. Therefore author presented an outline of the following growth development theories of the child by contrasting them with one another: the separation-individuation process (Mahler), the attachment and loss theory (Bowlby), the self development thepry (Erikson), the psychoanalytical development theory (Freud) and the cognitive development theory (Piaget).