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Mental Health Services

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

A Donation of $50 per month sponsors mental health services for one child.
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345 Calumet Ave., Dallas, TX 75211 
Hours of Operation:
Monday thru Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM and Saturday 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Phone: (214) 331-3517
www.lowbirthweight.org