Effectiveness of therapeutic and behavioral interventions for parents of low-birth-weight premature infants: A review

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 651-665

  Brecht, Carrie J ^a   Shaw, Richard J ^b   St John, Nicholas H ^a   Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTHOOD; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869855330     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21349     Document Type: Article

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