1994'5, p.31
Brutman V. I. , Pancratova M. G. , Enicolopov S. N.
Some results of the study of women abandoning their newbom children
(RESUME)

Social portrait of women abandoning their newbom children is characterized by negative experience in their parental families, poor socialization, low educational and culture levels. The decision to abandon a child is made long before the birth as defence reaction against hard personal crisis, leading to depression and other diseases during pregnancy. The authors argue the necessity to mark out risk group and to afford them prenatal assistance.