WAIMH position paper: Infants’ rights in wartime

Keren, Miri; Abdallah, Ghasson; Tyano, Sam

doi:10.1002/imhj.21813

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“…Champions of the rights of very young children have documented compelling rationales for infant inclusion. These include the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the World Association for Infant Mental Health Position Paper on Rights of the Infant (2016), and the World Association for Infant Mental Health Position Paper on Infants' Rights in Wartime (Keren et al., 2019). These statements address the imperative to safeguard rights of infants, acknowledging their vulnerability and intrinsic value as members of society.…”

Section: The Infant In Family Therapymentioning

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Including the infant in family therapy and systemic practice: charting a new frontier

Opie,

McHale,

Fonagy

et al. 2023

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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This position paper from a core group of infant mental health academics and clinicians addresses the conspicuous underrepresentation of the infant in mainstream family therapy. Despite infants' social capacities and clear contributions to family dynamics, they remain largely overlooked within this therapeutic context. We suggest that family therapists have moral and professional responsibilities to support the participation, protection, and well‐being of all family members, including the infant. Here, we emphasise the importance of including the infant in the family therapy setting. By highlighting their frequent omission, we aim to amplify infants' often unheard ‘voice,’ role, and contributions to family development, especially recovery from distress. A shift towards infant inclusion as the rule rather than the exception represents a new frontier of integration. We first highlight the relational nature of infant development with a focus on the infants' psychosocial capacities and vulnerabilities. We then consider reasons why the infant may be overlooked in family and systemic therapies and offer a rationale for inviting the infant into these settings, illustrated through the use of a clinical case vignette. To facilitate infant inclusion, we propose a series of guidelines to meaningfully incorporate infants into family therapy practices. We conclude by encouraging shifts in family therapy research, training, and practice to better incorporate and understand the unique contributions of the infant to family life.

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Including the infant in family therapy and systemic practice: charting a new frontier

Opie,

McHale,

Fonagy

et al. 2023

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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“…Examples include enabling children in hospitals to pursue their right to play, education, and family life, and support for breast feeding policies 24. The roles of health professionals in advancing children’s rights to survival and development through their response to armed conflicts25–27 and climate change28–30 are rapidly evolving.…”

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Thirtieth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: advancing a child rights-based approach to child health and well-being

Goldhagen

Clarke

Dixon

et al. 2020

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Global challenges to children’s health are rooted in social and environmental determinants. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates the rights required to address these civil-political, social, economic and cultural determinants of child well-being. The principles of child rights—universality, interdependence and accountability—define the tenets of social justice and health equity required to ensure all rights accrue to all children, and the accountability of individuals and organisations (duty-bearers) to ensure these rights are fulfilled. Together, the CRC and child rights principles establish the structure and function of a child rights-based approach (CRBA) to child health and well-being—that provides the strategies and tools to transform child health practice into a rights, justice and equity-based paradigm. The 30th anniversary of the CRC is an opportune time to translate a CRBA to health and well-being into a global practice of paediatrics and child health.

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Clinical Infant Mental Health

Osofsky

2024

WAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

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WAIMH position paper: Infants’ rights in wartime

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Including the infant in family therapy and systemic practice: charting a new frontier

Including the infant in family therapy and systemic practice: charting a new frontier

Thirtieth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: advancing a child rights-based approach to child health and well-being

Clinical Infant Mental Health

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