title: [When mothers take care alone].
abstract: This study demonstrates the difficult life situation of many single mothers and their children on the basis of important studies on the problematical social status, elevated health risks and particularly, on the mental/psychosomatic strain of single mothers. From these investigations, potential impact on the development of the children and the necessity of attachment-oriented prevention-programs in terms of a training of the intuitive parental competences are derived. In spite of the increasing number of single mothers, a sufficient amount of such offers does not yet exist in Germany. A first group-program, especially adapted to the needs and conflicts of single mothers, will be presented.
authors.affiliation: Klinisches Institute für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstraase, Düssedorf. matthias.ranz@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology