Infant Mental Health

Sundhedsplejens indsatser og betydning i arbejdet med små udsatte børn og familier

“…På trods af sundhedsplejens indsatser i alle familier i Danmark, herunder viden om betydning af tidlige indsatser for børns fysiske og psykiske trivsel (Rutter & Rutter, 1993;Zeanah, 2000;Sameroff & Fiese, 2000;Crockenberg & Leerkes, 2000;Lerner et al, 2003), eksisterer der kun meget begraenset forskning i dansk sammenhaeng om sundhedsplejens arbejde samt betydningen af dette i forhold til børns trivsel og udvikling 1 I juni 2013 foretog den nuvaerende regering en udvidelse af kriterierne på listen fra tre til fem. Ghettolisten kaldes fra februar 2014 ikke laengere en ghettoliste, men en liste over saerligt udsatte boligområder, og kriterierne for, hvornår et område defineres som saerligt udsat, er følgende: Andelen af 18-64 årige uden tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet eller uddannelse overstiger 40 pct.…”

Relationship between maternal pathology and infant social withdrawal: Analysis of a 268-outpatient population

“…In a study on children separated from their mothers, Spitz et al introduced the term "withdrawal" as a key feature of anaclitic depression [13]. Withdrawal is a key symptom of autism, pervasive developmental disorders, anxiety, infantile depression and is an element in the clinical picture of attachment disorganization [14] and post-traumatic stress disorder [15]. Withdrawal behavior is a part of the symptomatology of several DC 0 -3 R diagnoses [16] Moreover, infant withdrawal can be a consequence of maternal depression [17].…”

Psychiatric disorders and family functioning in mothers of children admitting to the child psychiatry clinic with temper tantrum

“…1 Differences with preschool age children's behaviors may emerge because of mother-child relationship in addition to genetics and environmental factors. The child's social and emotional development, regulation of emotions are also affected by the interaction, experienced with parents, 2 the child can discriminate the emotional expressions on the parent's face and soon afterward, can use that expressions.…”