This article describes the research underway in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a study that examines the impacts of neglect and deprivation on child development and wellbeing. "The list of problems that stem from neglect reads like the index of the DSM: poor impulse control, social withdrawal, problems with coping and regulating emotions, low self-esteem, pathological behaviors such as tics, tantrums, stealing and self-punishment, poor intellectual functioning and low academic achievement," says the article.
