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Stages of reaction

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Young children separated from their parents, for example on admission to hospital, characteristically show three stages of reaction:

1. Protest, screaming, extreme distress 2. Restless searching, frequent crying 3. Withdrawal, despair.

Hull, D and Johnston, D (1993) Essential Paediatrics Churchill Livingstone

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