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1. 'Forty Seven, Today You are Nine': Systematic Abuse in Irish Childcare Institutions

This article discusses Bion's Affect Theory, in relation to the recent disclosure of systematic abuse in State-funded childcare institutions in Ireland

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This paper discusses Bion's Affect Theory, in relation to the recent disclosure of systematic abuse in State-funded childcare institutions in Ireland. Exploring Meltzer's development of Bion's early work the paper describes the wider cultural and historical circumstances in which children and carers came to enter the physically and emotionally claustrophobic environment of the more...

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Group Analysis, Vol: 39 Page: 25-35 2006
Paul Shield

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