Mental health concerns of the premature infant through the lifespan

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-228

  Vanderbilt, Douglas ^a,b   Gleason, Mary Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Neurodevelopment; Parent child interactions; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952830309     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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