BOMBED CHILDREN
LONDON. Jan. 25 "Evacuosis" is tho name given to a nervous complaint lroni winch thousands of children taken from bombed areas are suffering. They are showing unaccountable outbursts of temper, and manv foster parents arc finding the children difficult and unmanageable. Tho Ministry of Health is appointing mind specialists to deal with the problem. A medical psychologist said: "The causes are mainly psychological. The children havo been taken from their parents and the familiar surroundings: of their own homes, and have been expected to adapt themselves to entirely new and strange persons and homes.' This is difficult and many are finding it impossible."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23879, 1 February 1941, Page 10
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