Stereotypic movement might also result in self harm. Behavioral abnormalities can also hinder social relations effectively. Affected individuals tend to become apathetic and withdrawn. Antisocial behavior might manifest as lying or stealing. Disrupted social functions related to a lack of socialization and integration can lead to further isolation. Hygiene and appearance may also be negatively impacted. Consequences and complication
The consequences of hospitalism can be detrimental for the people affected and reveal themselves in different ways. It is noteworthy that the symptoms can vary across different individuals, and several factors, such as age, play a significant role.Patients are also at higher risk for various mental disorders and anti-social behaviors:
anxiety disorders
depression
borderline-personality disorder
suicidal tendencies
apathy  
low self-esteem  
autoaggressive behaviour
attachment anxiety  
adjustment and communication disorders
tendencies towards aggressive behaviour
lack of personal hygieneIndividuals suffering from hospitalism are also at risk for sensory perception problems:
altered or delayed pain perception  
fear of touch  
hypersensitivity   Other common consequences relate to cognitive disorders, such as:
learning disabilities
rarely memory lapses or even loss of long- or short-term memory  
motor disorders such as monotonous and sterotyped movements (for example, banging the head against the wall) or a severely reduced ability to reactLong-term consequences, which is causally related to traumatic experiences, can be expressed in different ways. People showing signs of hospitalism might express an extreme aversion towards showing or accepting emotional or physical affection, effectively shutting themselves off from others. A different response could be promiscuity, whereas people strive for love and affection.
Hospitalism (or anaclitic depression in its sublethal form) was a pediatric diagnosis used in the 1930s to describe infants who wasted away while in a hospital. The symptoms could include decreased physical development and disruption of perceptual-motor skills and language. In the first half of the 20th century, hospitalism was discovered to be linked to social deprivation between an infant and its caregiver. The term was used by the psychotherapist René Spitz in 1945, but the term can be traced back as early as 1897.It appears under adjustment disorders at F43.2, in the World Health Organizations classification of diseases, ICD-10. History
In 1945, the psychoanalyst René Spitz published an article in which he explained how deprivation of social interactions can lead to a condition named "hospitalism" in infants. According to Spitz, young children who are cared for in institutions can suffer from severe impairment in their development because they are not provided with sufficient maternal care. Spitz did not coin the term "hospitalism," which can be traced back to the end of the 19th century. In 1897, Floyd M. Crandall published an article in the Archive of Pediatrics in which he used the term to describe a condition in institutionalized infants characterized by loss of weight, susceptibility to various diseases, and ultimately death.