Communist politician Nicola Ceausescu banned contraception and abortion in the 1960's
Combined with a struggling economy these interventions led to a massively overpopulated country with insufficient money to care for it's children
Couples were taxed for being childless, leading to an abundance of children being born and then abandoned by their parents
Who conducted the study on Romanian orphan children?
Rutter
What is institutionalisation?
A term for the effects of living in an institutional setting. Somewhere where people live for a longperiod of time. These places often offer limitedemotionalcare
