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At a time when an apple was something Steve Jobs gave to his first grade teacher, Dr. Clancy McKenzie happened upon a discovery that would forever change not just his life, but his patients’ as well. It hit him like a bolt of lightening. Without so much as a hand-held calculator, McKenzie unearthed the origin and mechanism of serious mental and emotional disorders. His proscribed treatment and three levels of prevention quickly followed. After forty plus years of research and studies, the author has made the results and prevention methods available to the general public for the first time in his new book: “Babies Need Mothers” How Mothers Can Prevent Mental Illness in their Children. |
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This book breaks with traditional thinking from the first paragraph offers an alternative to viewing, treating, managing and preventing serious emotional disorders … breaks ground in suggesting the role of early trauma in accounting for mental disorders throughout the life cycle, in identifying the two trauma mechanism, and in the conceptualization of early traumatic events relating to the development of Borderlines, Schizophrenia, PTSD, Autism, Symbiosis and other disorders-forcing academics to reevaluate our thinking. The research is respectable, adds to their arguments and is in support of their model. Charles F. Figley Founding Editor-in-Chief Journal of Traumatic Stress I was very skeptical about Dr. McKenzie’s findings, but the Finnish database on 6,000 schizophrenic patients revealed a very high level of statistical significance. We confirmed a substantially higher rate of schizophrenia among those with a sibling less than two years younger. Sarnoff Mednick |
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FOREWORD During the 65 years that I have been privileged to serve people as a psychiatrist, it has become increasingly clear that every breakthrough in the study of the human mind serves as a stepping-stone to the next level of understanding. The two trauma mechanism represents a major contribution to the field of psychiatry. The findings in this book show that psychiatric illnesses are based on early trauma and follow a pattern of later activation precipitated by a major life crisis or significant stressor, and then multiple reactivation with little further provocation. This delayed posttraumatic stress disorder pattern of activation and reactivation holds true not only for schizophrenia, but also for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychoactive substance use disorders, eating disorders and more. The concepts presented are based on sound psychodynamic principles supported by findings in the literature. Theory is a marriage between psychology and biology, spanning the neuroses and psychoses, from infancy to old age. It identifies mental illness as one mechanism, and psychology and biology as one process. As such, it is the beginning of a new unification theory of mental illness. While valuable treatment concepts evolved out of new understanding, the most powerful implications are for prevention. The early trauma that leads to emotional disorders can be identified scientifically through the research methods presented, making it possible to eliminate or modify causative factors and significantly reduce the potential for mental illness. I believe this book is essential reading for scholars and lay persons, therapists and patients, and above all, prospective parents. I am pleased that Dr. McKenzie, together with Dr. Wright, has put this valuable work into book form for the benefit of all. |