A strength-based and early relationship approach to infant mental health assessment

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 375-390

  Perez, Linda M ^a,b   Peifer, Karen L ^b   Newman, Mary C ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Mental Health ^*

Author keywords

Infant (encompasses young children in the first four years); Infant mental health; Maternal mental illness; Strength based, relationships

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRENGTH; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036778116     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019856327947     Document Type: Review

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