Editing Boarding school (section)

===Boarding school syndrome===
The term ''boarding school syndrome'' was coined by psychotherapist Joy Schaverien in 2011.<ref name=syndrome>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2011.01229.x| issn = 0265-9883| volume = 27| issue = 2| pages = 138–155| last = Schaverien| first = Joy| title = Boarding School Syndrome: Broken Attachments A Hidden Trauma| journal = British Journal of Psychotherapy| date = May 2011}}</ref> It is used to identify a set of lasting psychological problems that are observable in adults who, as children, were sent away to boarding schools at an early age.

{{blockquote|text=Children sent away to school at an early age suffer the sudden and often irrevocable loss of their primary attachments; for many this constitutes a significant trauma. Bullying and sexual abuse, by staff or other children, may follow and so new attachment figures may become unsafe. In order to adapt to the system, a defensive and protective encapsulation of the self may be acquired; the true identity of the person then remains hidden. This pattern distorts intimate relationships and may continue into adult life. The significance of this may go unnoticed in psychotherapy. It is proposed that one reason for this may be that the transference and, especially the breaks in psychotherapy, replay, for the patient, the childhood experience between the school and home. Observations from clinical practice are substantiated by published testimonies, including those from established psychoanalysts who were themselves, early boarders.<ref name=syndrome />}}

Scharverien's observations are echoed by a boarding schoolboy, [[George Monbiot]], who goes so far as to attribute some dysfunctionalities of the U.K. government to boarding schools.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monbiot |first1=George |title=The Unlearning |url=https://www.monbiot.com/2019/11/11/the-unlearning/ |website=George Monbiot |access-date=19 November 2019 |date=11 November 2019}}</ref> British psychotherapist Nick Duffell refers to adults who have gone through boarding school separation as 'Boarding school survivors'. He has described some of these individuals to exhibit behaviors such as a sense of detachment from any relationships, workaholism, compulsive behavior, and a penchant to control.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web |first1=Renton|last1=Alex |date=2014-07-19 |title=The damage that boarding schools do |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/20/damage-boarding-school-sexual-abuse-children|access-date=2021-01-24}}</ref>