Infant mental health: A review of relevant literature

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-74

  Weatherston, Deborah J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood mental health; Early relationship development; Infancy and early parenthood; Infant mental health; Infant parent intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008814966     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J032v08n01_04     Document Type: Article

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