Clarifying Concepts of Infant Mental Health - Promotion, Relationship-Based Preventive Intervention, and Treatment

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 14-21

  Heffron, Mary Claire ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth to three; Infant mental health; Promotion; Relationship based preventive intervention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034410854     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200012040-00007     Document Type: Article

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