how can we avoid adding to Cleo Smith's trauma?
- Written by Louise Newman, Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Four-year-old Cleo Smith was found by Western Australian police earlier this week, 18 days after going missing from a remote campsite.
Being taken and removed from one’s family is a significantly traumatic event for any child. It disrupts their entire world.
Children are dependent on their families and attachment figures for their sense of...