as a psychoanalyst, Bowlby’s theory comes from a multitude of concept. believed that behavioural and mental health issues could be related back to a person early childhood development. He believes that small children are born with the need to form an attachment in order to survive which is seen through the needs of proximity which can be brought on by any condition that comes off as hunger, pain, treating, scary or insecure. These conditions are ensured through social releasers which stimulate the caregiver. Bowlby believed that the child would make one attachment that would set the course for a future relationship. He also believed that this attachment is so vital that disruption to this one attachment could create problems and consequences. Through his theory on attachment, Bowlby revolutionised the bond between the mother and the child, and disruption through separation, deprivation and bereavement with four main points. The first one is the innate instinctual need to attach to the main figure; one qualitative and unique relationship. He also stressed that if that main attachment fails to form, then there would be negative consequences and could possibly include affectionless psychopathy. His theory on monotropy had led to his hypothesis on maternal deprivation due to the problems formed with a lack of monotropy bond. The second is how important the main attachment figure during the critical stage of their life. Bowlby stated that mothering is nearly useless if an attachment is not formed with the maternal figure before the age of three. He also said that a child might suffer long-term problems; cognitive, social and emotional if the attachment figure is disrupted within the first two years and it might even continue up to the age of five. Bowlby basically means that any form of continuing disruption of attachment between the caregiver and the infant can end in long-term cognitive, social, and emotional problem for children. The third main point is that the long-term effect includes delinquency, reduced intelligence, increased aggression, depression and affectionless psychopathy; showing no guilt for their actions. The final point is that the infant relationship with their attachment leads to acquiring an internal working model (of the self as effective and valuable and others as being trustworthy).

However, Bowlby’s research ignored the complexity of human behaviour. Bowlby’