title: [Pediatric psychosomatic medicine and the medicalization of childhood in Buenos Aires, 1940-1970].
abstract: This article analyzes how the dominance of pediatric psychosomatic medicine in the Argentine medical field caused a transformation in treatments. It shows how, beginning in the 1950s, psy-experts and interdisciplinary approaches found a space at the Hospital de Niños (Children's Hospital) in Buenos Aires; and how the growth of attachment theory made it possible for mothers to stay with their children in hospital. It explains the construction of certain conditions as "family diseases" in a context of declining birthrates. It focuses on the speeches of a key figure, Florencio Escardó, not only because he was hegemonic in the scientific field but because he also played an important role dispensing advice in the media.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Histórico Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Cecilia Alejandra
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rustoyburu
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D002648:Child; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D062528:Medicalization; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000266:history*