Infant Mental Health: the ability for children to develop physically, cognitively, and socially in a manner which allows them to master the primary emotional tasks of early childhood without serious disruption caused by harmful life events. Because infants grow in a context of nurturing environments, infant mental health involves the psychological balance of the infant-family system.
Infant Mental Health Involves:
Adolescent Parenting
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Assessment for Family Law Issues, including Child Abuse and Custody Assessment
Diagnostic and Clinical Issues
Attachment Studies and Clinical Disorders
Autistic Spectrum and Disorders
Caregiving Contexts
Cross Cultural Studies and Issues
Emotion Regulation and Disorders of Temperament
Evaluating Parent Infant Psychotherapy
Prematurity and High Risk Infants
Preventive Intervention and Community Context
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Lessons Learned:
Help prevent infant mortality and morbidity among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) graduates
Provide individual counseling and support group sessions at home,at the NICU and at the LBWDC
Continuum of Care is important to maintain so that the infants receive optimal care throughout the first three years of life
Results:
No deaths after NICU discharge if in LBWDC
No repeat Very Low Birth Weight deliveries
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