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Legend says that Romulus And Rema, the twin founders of Rome, were abandoned in childhood, and the children were nursed by a she-wolf until they were found by a wandering shepherd. Eventually they founded the city on Palantine Hill, the very place where the she-wolf took care of them. Perhaps this is all just a myth, but in history there are many real cases associated with children raised by animals.

And although in real life the stories of these wild children are not as romantic as in the case of Romulus And Rem Because these children often exhibited cognitive and behavioral impairments, their stories reveal the remarkable human will to survive and the strong maternal instinct of other animals.

Ukrainian girl dog

Left in a kennel by her negligent parents between the ages of 3 and 8, Oksana Malaya grew up surrounded by other dogs. When she was found in 1991, she could not speak, choosing to bark as a dog instead of speaking and running on all fours. Now in my twenties, Oksana She was taught to speak, but she still had mental retardation. Now she takes care of the cows that are on the farm near the boarding school where she lives.

Cambodian jungle girl

Rochom Pyengeng(Rochom P"ngieng) got lost and mysteriously disappeared at the age of 8 while she was tending buffalo in the Cambodian jungle. 18 years later, in 2007, a villager saw a naked woman sneaking towards his house in an attempt to steal rice. After that, how a woman was recognized as a lost girl Rochom Pyengeng Based on the distinctive scar on her back, it turned out that the girl had somehow miraculously survived in the dense jungle.

The girl was unable to learn the language and adapt to the local culture and disappeared again in May 2010. Since then, much conflicting information has emerged about her whereabouts, including a report that in June 2010 she was seen in a hole in a dug toilet near her home.

Baby monkey from Uganda

After his father killed his mother before his eyes, 4-year-old John Ssebunya(John Ssebunya) escaped into the jungle, where he was believed to have been raised by vervet monkeys until he was found in 1991. As in other cases with the Mowgli children, he resisted the villagers who tried to capture him, and received help from his fellow monkeys, who threw sticks at the people. After he was caught, John was taught to talk and sing. The last thing that became known about him was that he was touring with a children's choir. Pearls of Africa.

Victor of Aveyron

He was perhaps one of the most famous Mowgli children. Story Victor of Aveyron became widely known thanks to the film " wild child" Although his origins are a mystery, it is believed that Victor lived his entire childhood alone in the forest before he was discovered in 1797. After several more disappearances, he appeared in the vicinity of France in 1800. Victor became the subject of study many philosophers and scientists who thought about the origin of language and human behavior, although little was achieved in its development due to delayed mental development.

Madina

Tragic story Madina looks like a story Oksana Malaya. Madina lived with dogs, left to her own devices, until she was discovered at age 3. When they found her, she knew only two words - yes and no, although she preferred to bark like a dog. Fortunately, Madina declared mentally and physically healthy immediately after discovery. Although her development has been delayed, she is at an age where hope is not completely lost and her carers believe she will be able to lead a normal life when she grows up.

Lobo, the wolf girl from Devil's River

In 1845, a mysterious girl was seen running on all fours among wolves, attacking a herd of goats near San Felipe in Mexico. The story was confirmed a year later when the girl was seen again, this time greedily eating a dead goat. Alarmed villagers began searching for the girl, and soon the wild girl was caught. It is believed that she constantly howled like a wolf at night, attracting packs of wolves that rushed into the village to save her. Eventually, she broke free and escaped from her captivity.

The girl was not seen until 1854, when she was accidentally spotted with two wolf cubs near the river. She grabbed the cubs and ran into the forest and since then no one has seen her again.

Bird Boy

A Russian boy abandoned by his mother who communicates by tweeting has been discovered by social workers in Volgograd. When he was found, the 6-year-old boy could not speak, but instead chirped, just like his parrot friends. Despite the fact that he is not physically harmed in any way, he is unable to enter into normal human contact. He expresses his emotions by flapping his arms like a bird's wings. He was transferred to a psychological assistance center, where specialists are trying to rehabilitate him.

Amala and Kamala

These two girls are 8 years old( Kamala) and 18 months( Amala) were found in a wolf den in 1920 Midnapore in India. Their story is controversial. Since the girls had a large age difference, experts believe that they were not sisters. It is possible that they came to the wolves at different times. Both girls had all the habits of animals: they walked on all fours, howled at night, opened their mouths and stuck out their tongues like wolves. Like other Mowgli children, they wanted to return to their old life and felt unhappy, trying to get comfortable in the civilized world. After the youngest girl died, Kamala I cried for the first time. The older girl managed to partially socialize.

Wild boy Peter

In 1724, a naked hairy boy who walked on all fours was discovered in the forest near the city. Hamelin in Germany. When he was tricked, he behaved like a wild animal, preferring to eat birds and vegetables raw, and unable to speak. After he was transported to England, he was given the name wild boy Peter. And although he never learned to speak, he supposedly loved music, was taught how to do simple work, and lived to a ripe old age.

Raised by hermits. For seventeen years he lived in a dugout, where he was later abandoned by his parents. The young man himself said that, according to his parents, he was born in 1993 in the vicinity of the village of Kaitanak outside a medical institution. He has not received any education, has no social skills or understanding of the outside world.

IN November 2011 In the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, Mowgli girls were discovered - two sisters, six and four years old. They never ate hot food, did not know how to speak, and expressed gratitude like dogs, trying to lick adults' hands. The girls' parents are experienced alcoholics.

IN February 2010 employees of the juvenile affairs inspectorate - without the necessary education and in unsanitary conditions. The owner, born in 1971, lived in a private house, her daughter was born in 1989, an eight-month-old grandson and two granddaughters, one of whom was two years old and the other two months old. At the same time, the older girl at two years old did not speak, but only mooed, the boy at eight months looked like a five-month old, and the younger girl was emaciated. The police did not find any documents on the children.

IN February 2010 in one of the apartments in the Sormovsky district, about which his parents did not care. He was not fed or clothed, his health was not monitored, and his development and training were not taken care of. He was born with mental disabilities and previously attended a special school. Due to inadequate care, his health condition deteriorated significantly.
The child was found thanks to neighbors who began to feed him and showed him to the doctors. The boy spoke poorly and did not remember the last time he washed himself.

IN July 2009 The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Chita deprived the parents of parental rights. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate, the five-year-old girl has never been outside. The owners of the house where she lived did not let anyone into the apartment, did not communicate with neighbors, and appeared on the street mainly to walk their pets. Despite the fact that the baby lived in a three-room apartment with her father, grandparents and other relatives, she hardly spoke, although she understood human speech.

IN February 2009 Juvenile inspectors in one of the houses in the Leninsky district of Ufa found a three-year-old girl who was eating and sleeping with dogs. Her mother drank and lived in a garbage dump. The girl was afraid of people and strove, like a dog, to get on all fours. She didn't know what a spoon was.

Mowgli is Rudyard Kipling's hero who was raised by wolves. There are real cases in the history of mankind when children were raised by animals, and their lives, unlike the books, do not end with a happy ending. After all, for such children, socialization is practically impossible, and they live forever with the fears and habits that their “adoptive parents” passed on to them. Children who spend their first 3-6 years of life with animals are unlikely to ever learn human language, even though they will be cared for and loved later in life.

The very first known case of a child being raised by wolves was recorded in the 14th century. Not far from Hesse (Germany), an 8-year-old boy was found living with a pack of wolves. He jumped far, bit, growled and moved on all fours. He ate only raw food and could not speak. After the boy was returned to the people, he died very quickly.

Averones savage

Savage from Aveyron in life and in the film “Wild Child” (1970)

In 1797, hunters in the south of France found a wild boy who was believed to be 12 years old. He behaved like an animal: he could not speak, instead of words he only growled. For several years they tried to return him to society, but everything was unsuccessful. He constantly ran away from people into the mountains, but never learned to talk, although he lived surrounded by people for thirty years. The boy was named Victor, and his behavior was actively studied by scientists. They found out that the savage from Aveyron had a special sense of hearing and smell, his body was insensitive to low temperatures, and he refused to wear clothes. His habits were studied by Dr. Jean-Marc Itard, thanks to Victor he reached a new level in research in the field of education of children who are developmentally delayed.

Peter from Hannover

In 1725, another feral boy was found in the forests of northern Germany. He looked to be about ten years old, and he led a completely wild lifestyle: he ate forest plants, walked on all fours. Almost immediately the boy was transported to the UK. King George I took pity on the boy and placed him under observation. For a long time, Peter lived on a farm under the supervision of one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting, and then her relatives. The savage died at the age of seventy, and during these years he was able to learn only a few words. True, modern researchers believe that Peter had a rare genetic disease and was not completely feral.

Dean Sanichar

The largest number of Mowgli children were found in India: between 1843 and 1933 alone, 15 feral children were discovered here. And one of the cases was recorded quite recently: last year, an eight-year-old girl was found in the forests of the Katarniaghat Nature Reserve, who had been raised by monkeys since birth.

Another feral child, Dean Sanichar, was raised by a pack of wolves. Hunters saw him several times, but could not catch him, and finally, in 1867, they managed to lure him out of his lair. The boy was believed to be six years old. He was taken into care, but he learned very few human skills: he learned to walk on two legs, use utensils, and even wear clothes. But he never learned to speak. He lived with people for more than twenty years. It is Dean Sanichar who is considered the prototype of the hero of The Jungle Book.

Amala and Kamala

In 1920, the residents of an Indian village began to be plagued by ghosts from the jungle. They turned to missionaries for help to get rid of evil spirits. But the ghosts turned out to be two girls, one was about two years old, the other about eight. They were named Amala and Kamala. The girls saw perfectly in the dark, walked on all fours, howled and ate raw meat. Amala died a year later, and Kamala lived with people for 9 years, and at 17 years old her development was comparable to a four-year-old child.

Over 150 years ago, Sir Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture.” At that time, the scientist researched what influences a person’s psychological development more - his heredity or the environment in which he is located. It was about behavior, habits, intelligence, personality, sexuality, aggression and so on.

Those who believe in education believe that people become such precisely because of everything that happens directly around them, the way they are taught. Opponents argue that we are all children of nature and act according to our inherent genetic predisposition and animal instinct (according to Freud).

What do you think about this? Are we a product of our environment, our genes, or both? In this complex debate, feral children are an important aspect. The term "feral children" refers to a young person who has been abandoned or found himself in a situation where he finds himself deprived of any kind of interaction with civilization.

As a result, such children usually end up among animals. They often lack social skills; they do not always acquire even such a simple skill as talking. Wild children learn based on what they see around them, but the conditions, as well as the ways of learning, differ markedly from normal conditions.

History knows several rather revealing stories of “wild children”. And these cases are much more complex and interesting than the classic story of Mowgli. These are very real people who can already be called by their names, and not by nicknames given by the sensation-hungry media.

Bello from Nigeria. This boy was nicknamed the Nigerian chimpanzee boy in the press. He was found in 1996 in the jungle of this country. No one can say with certainty exactly Bello's age; it is assumed that he was about 2 years old at the time of the discovery. The boy found in the forest turned out to be physically and mentally disabled. This is explained by his parents abandoning him at the age of six months. This practice is very common among the Fulani tribe. At such a young age, the boy, of course, could not stand up for himself. But some chimpanzees living in the forest accepted him into their tribe. As a result, the boy adopted many of the behavior traits of monkeys, in particular their walking. When Bello was found in the Falgore Forest, the discovery was not widely reported. But in 2002, a popular newspaper discovered a boy in a boarding school for abandoned children in Kano, South Africa. The news about Bello quickly became sensational. He himself often fought with other children, threw objects, and at night he jumped and ran. Six years later, the boy had become much calmer, although he still retained many of the chimpanzee’s behavior patterns. As a result, Bello was never able to learn to speak, despite constant interaction with other children and people in his home. In 2005, the boy died for unknown reasons.

Vanya Yudin.

One of the recent cases of a wild child was Vanya Yudin. News agencies nicknamed him "Russian Bird Boy." When social workers in Volgograd found him in 2008, he was 6 years old and unable to speak. The child's mother abandoned him. The boy could do practically nothing, he just chirped and folded his arms like wings. He learned this from his parrot friends. Although Vanya was not physically harmed in any way, he was incapable of human contact. His behavior became similar to that of a bird, and he expressed emotions by waving his arms. Vanya spent a long time in a two-room apartment in which dozens of his mother’s birds were kept in cages. One of the social workers who discovered Vanya, Galina Volskaya, said that the boy lived with his mother, but she never spoke to him, treating him like just another feathered pet. When people tried to talk to Vanya, he only chirped in response. Now the boy has been transferred to a psychological assistance center, where, with the help of specialists, they are trying to return him to normal life. The lack of human relationships led the child to another world.

Rochom Pyengeng.

Trajan Kaldarar.

John Ssebunya.

Kamala and Amala.

The story of these two Indian young girls is one of the most famous cases of feral children. When they were found in a wolf den in Midnapore, India, in 1920, Kamala was 8 years old and Amala was 1.5 years old. The girls spent most of their lives away from people. Even though they were found together, researchers have questioned whether they were sisters. After all, they had quite a big age difference. They were just left in approximately the same place at different times. The girls were discovered after mystical stories spread throughout the village about the figures of two ghostly spirits who were taken along with wolves from the jungles of Bengal. Local residents were so afraid of the spirits that they called a priest to find out the whole truth. Reverend Joseph hid in a tree above the cave and began to wait for the wolves. When they left, he looked into their lair and saw two hunched over people. He wrote down everything he saw. The priest described the children as “disgusting creatures from head to toe.” The girls ran on all fours and had no signs of human existence. As a result, Joseph took the wild children with him, although he had no experience in adapting them. The girls slept together, curled up, tore off their clothes, ate nothing but raw meat, and howled. Their habits were reminiscent of animals. They opened their mouths, sticking out their tongues like wolves. Physically, the children were deformed - the tendons and joints in their arms became shorter, making it impossible to walk upright. Kamala and Amala had no interest in interacting with people. It is said that some of their senses worked flawlessly. This applies not only to hearing and vision, but also to a keen sense of smell. Like most Mowgli children, this couple tried in every possible way to return to their old life, feeling unhappy surrounded by people. Soon Amala died, this event caused deep mourning in her friend, Kamala even cried for the first time. Reverend Joseph thought that she too would die and began to work hard on her. As a result, Kamala barely learned to walk upright and even learned a few words. In 1929, this girl also died, this time due to kidney failure. The name of this Mowgli boy will seem familiar to many. The fact is that his story formed the basis of the film "Wild Child". Some say that it was Victor who became the first documented case of autism, in any case, this is the well-known story of a child left alone with nature. In 1797, several people saw Victor wandering in the forests of Saint Sernin sur Rance, in the south of France. The wild boy was caught, but he soon ran away. He was seen again in 1798 and 1799, but was finally captured on January 8, 1800. At that time, Victor was about 12 years old, his whole body was covered with scars. The boy could not utter a word, even his origin remained a mystery. Victor ended up in a city where philosophers and scientists showed great interest in him. The news about the found wild man quickly spread throughout the country, many wanted to study him, looking for answers to questions about the origin of language and human behavior. Biology professor, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, decided to observe Victor's reaction by taking off his clothes and putting him right outside in the snow. The boy began to run in the snow without showing any negative effects of low temperatures on his bare skin. They say that they lived naked in the wild for 7 years. It's no wonder his body was able to withstand such extreme weather conditions. The famous teacher Roche-Ambroise Auguste Bebian, who worked with the deaf and sign language, decided to try to teach the boy to communicate. But the teacher soon became disillusioned with his student due to the lack of any signs of progress. After all, Victor, being born with the ability to speak and hear, never did it correctly after he was left to live in the wild. Delayed mental development did not allow Victor to begin to lead a full life. The wild boy was subsequently taken to the National Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, where he died at the age of 40.

Oksana Malaya.

Gin. If you professionally engage in psychology or study the issue of feral children, then the name Jean will certainly come up. At the age of 13, she was locked in a room with a potty tied to a chair. Another time, her father tied her up in a sleeping bag and put her like that in her crib. Her father extremely abused his power - if the girl tried to speak, he would beat her with a stick to keep her quiet, he would bark and growl at her. The man also forbade his wife and children to talk to her. Because of this, Jean had a very small vocabulary, which was only about 20 words. So, she knew the phrases “Stop”, “No more.” Jean was discovered in 1970, making it one of the worst cases of social isolation known to date. At first they thought she had autism, until doctors discovered that the 13-year-old girl was a victim of violence. Jean ended up at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where she was treated for many years. After several courses, she was already able to answer questions in monosyllables and learned to dress independently. However, she still adhered to the behavior she had learned, including the "walking bunny" mannerism. The girl constantly held her hands in front of her, as if they were her paws. Jean continued to scratch, leaving deep marks on things. Jean was eventually taken in by her therapist, David Rigler. He worked with her every day for 4 years. As a result, the doctor and his family were able to teach the girl sign language, the ability to express herself not only with words, but also with drawings. When Jean left her therapist, she went to live with her mother. Soon the girl found herself with a new foster parent. And she was unlucky with them, they made Jean become mute again, she became afraid to speak. Now the girl lives somewhere in Southern California.

Madina.

Lobo.

This child was also nicknamed "the wolf girl from the Devil's River." The mysterious creature was first discovered in 1845. A girl ran among the wolves on all fours, attacking a herd of goats near San Felipe, Mexico, along with the predators. A year later, the information about the wild child was confirmed - the girl was seen greedily eating a raw killed goat. The villagers were alarmed by this proximity to an unusual person. They began searching for the girl, soon catching her. The wild child was named Lobo. She constantly howled like a wolf at night, as if calling on packs of gray predators to save herself. As a result, the girl escaped captivity and ran away. The next time a wild child was seen was 8 years later. She was by the river with two wolf cubs. Frightened by the people, Lobo grabbed the puppies and ran away. Since then, no one has met her.

Wild Peter.

Not far from Hamelin, Germany, in 1724, people discovered a hairy boy. He moved exclusively on all fours. They were able to catch the wild man only through deception. He could not speak, and ate exclusively raw food - poultry and vegetables. After being transported to England, the boy was nicknamed Wild Peter. He never learned to speak, but he became capable of doing the simplest work. They say that Peter was able to live to an old age.

– a set of symptoms observed in children who grew up in conditions of complete social isolation. The lack of experience in communication and human relationships creates a pronounced lag and distortion of mental, emotional, and personal development. The movements and behavior of children are similar to the activity of animals: they move on four limbs and jump deftly. Instead of speech - onomatopoeia. Emotional reactions are primitive, reflecting anger, fear, pleasure. Diagnosis of psychopathological abnormalities is carried out by observation. Treatment is based on developmental and correctional activities, rehabilitation.

Causes of Mowgli syndrome

The question of the reasons for the absolute social isolation of children continues to be investigated. When development takes place in the wild, it is impossible to determine the conditions under which the child ended up among animals. With artificially created isolation, it is possible to establish contact with the mother and/or father. Presumably the causes of Mowgli syndrome are:

• Death of parents. The most likely cause is in small settlements located near wild forests. Children are left alone, wander, and join animal families.
• Insufficient supervision. Infants can be abducted by some animals (eg large monkey species). Older children leave home on their own, become disoriented in natural conditions, and cannot find their way back.
• Mental disorders of parents. Mowgli children were found in basements, animal cages, and closed rooms of the house. The conditions of confinement were created by parents with psychopathology, including those provoked by the use of drugs and alcohol.

Pathogenesis

In the mental development of a child, there are sensitive periods - time intervals characterized by an optimal combination of internal conditions for the development of certain mental processes. The psyche becomes maximally sensitive to external social influences that contribute to the formation of arbitrariness of memory, thinking, attention, mastering speech, and various forms of activity. When the developmental environment is deficient, mental functions are delayed.

Mowgli syndrome is the result of total socio-psychological deprivation during sensitive periods of development. Lack of communication, education, love and other forms of human interaction leads to pronounced intellectual, emotional and behavioral defects. Pedagogical, educational, and correctional interventions carried out after the end of sensitive periods turn out to be ineffective. Basic mental functions develop up to 5 years, so the younger the age at which the child finds himself in “wild” conditions, the more pronounced and persistent the defect will be.

Classification

The typology of the syndrome has not yet been fully developed. Insufficient amount of empirical data, outdated methods for studying most cases (XIX, early and mid-XX centuries) do not allow classification according to clinical manifestations, nature of the course, and pathogenetic mechanisms. Since the middle of the last century, Kaspar Hauser syndrome, named after the name of a boy who was imprisoned from an early age, began to be considered as a type of Mowgli syndrome. Currently, patients are divided into two groups:

• Feral children. Development and education takes place in the wild without the presence of people. The consequences are practically impossible to correct.
• Children with Hauser syndrome. This group includes children left without help and subjected to imprisonment. Presumably, forced isolation in the early years manifests itself in less stable mental disorders.

Symptoms of Mowgli syndrome

Long-term isolation affects all areas of the psyche - intellectual development, emotional response, behavior. The level of cognitive deficit is comparable to severe mental retardation. “Children of the jungle” do not speak, abstract figurative and logical thinking. All functions of the psyche are realized at a visual, concrete level: mastering simple tools, manipulative (less often objective) actions, and figurative memorization are available. Speech is replaced by onomatopoeia, children imitate howling, barking, whining, grunting, hissing.

There is no ability to walk upright, movement is carried out on four limbs - crawling, jumping. Children cannot establish and maintain contacts with people; when they approach, they show fear or rage - they hide in a corner, whine, growl, bare their teeth, bite, grab their hair, and scratch. Emotions are pronounced, primitive, determined by the survival instinct - fear, anger. Often, “Mowgli” do not know how to smile; pleasure is manifested by a grimace with a curvature of the mouth. Children identify themselves with animals and sometimes show love for representatives of their “native” species.

The features of physical development and sensory sensitivity have been changed. The bones of the skeleton (especially the limbs) are deformed, sensitivity to temperature and pain is reduced, hearing, vision, and smell are well developed. Circadian rhythms have not been established; sleep predominates during the day or is chaotically distributed throughout the day. The usual diet is berries, fruits, nuts, and raw meat. There is no skill in using cutlery or household items. Children eat with their hands, refuse a spoon and fork, and resist hygiene procedures and the use of clothing.

Complications

Complications are more likely in cases of prolonged isolation, lack of pedagogical and educational influence. The main problem of wild children is the impossibility of full socialization. Cases of late speech acquisition and development of higher forms of behavior are rare. More often, thoughtless repetition of words and phrases is formed, the simplest forms of everyday interaction are mastered, but schooling and mastering a profession remain out of reach. An unstudied complication is the sudden death of some Mowgli children in captivity. Before death, they show a pronounced desire to escape and return to the wild.

Diagnostics

Diagnosis of Mowgli syndrome is carried out by a psychiatrist, neurologist. A significant condition for making a diagnosis is the fact of complete long-term isolation from society. Information from parents and people who found the child and are currently caring for him is added to the survey data. Physical and clinical methods are used:

• Survey. A conversation is held with parents, but full contact in most cases is impossible; only information about the duration of detention is established. The people who found the child are interviewed - his living conditions and behavioral characteristics are determined.
• Inspection. A neurologist examines sensitivity, formation and adequacy of reflexes, and features of motor activity. Characterized by a high pain threshold and good dexterity.
• Observation. Conducted by doctors of various specialties. Various indicators of physical and mental development are assessed: the development of upright walking, speech, intelligence, social interaction, and everyday skills.

Treatment of Mowgli syndrome

Treatment options remain the subject of research. The main direction is psychological and pedagogical correction. Techniques used to work with children with severe mental retardation are used. The effectiveness of behavioral training methods based on a simple chain of “stimulus-response-reinforcement or punishment” has been proven. Learned behavioral patterns - everyday life, communication skills - allow a child to minimally adapt to society. The general scheme of therapeutic and pedagogical activities includes:

• Developmental methods. Classes are conducted by psychologists, oligophrenopedagogues, and speech therapists. The primary goal is to teach how to establish contact, express needs and needs, and reduce the likelihood of aggressive reactions. At the second stage, an individual development program is developed, focused on the formation of speech, arbitrariness, and the development of self-service skills.
• . The drugs are selected by a neurologist or psychiatrist taking into account the clinical picture and data from instrumental examinations. When behavior is disinhibited, tranquilizers and antipsychotics are prescribed. For concomitant organic lesions of the central nervous system, medications are used to improve cerebral circulation and nootropics.
• Rehabilitation. The efforts of teachers are aimed at adapting children to groups. In boarding schools and psychoneurological clinics, they attend occupational therapy and creative classes. Simple communication and working skills are developed.

Prognosis and prevention

The prognosis of Mowgli syndrome is determined by the length of the period of development outside society and the age until which the child was in normal conditions. The general trend is that the later the isolation began and the shorter it lasted, the better the adaptation occurs, the easier it is for speech and social skills to develop. There are no specific preventive measures. It seems possible to reduce the prevalence of cases of forced imprisonment through strengthening the control of social services over dysfunctional families in which parents suffer from mental disorders,