The Treatment of Pediatric Asthma with Bonding Therapy

The culmination of years of research in this area led Yatsenko [1] to investigate the major factors involved: maternal distress, depression, C-section deliveries, and interaction problems witnessed early on. She found a strong link between disruptions in maternal-infant bonding and the development of asthma. She also wrote that the Redwood Psychology Center in Sonoma County seems to have developed a treatment that significantly helps asthmatic children. The current article discusses how this treatment was discovered and the research that supports its effectiveness