Innovation by a family medical practice to provide infant mental health services

1982 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Michael David Trout ◽  
Jack M. Stack
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Infant Mental Health

scholarly journals Current delivery of infant mental health services: are infant mental health needs being met?

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elspeth Macdonald ◽  
Heather Mohay ◽  
Debra Sorensen ◽  
Neil Alcorn ◽  
Brett McDermott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Needs

A model for the provision of integrated perinatal and infant mental health services in regional settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Wing Woon Lee ◽  
Louise Kathryn Newman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Parental Mental Health ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Short Term Treatment

Objective: This paper aims to describe current approaches in Victoria to the development of perinatal and infant mental health services in regional areas. Method: The paper outlines the significance of perinatal mental disorder for maternal wellbeing and impact on infant development, and describes the model of care at the Agnes Unit. Results: The Agnes Unit has been established as a residential therapeutic unit offering short-term treatment that focusses on promoting parental mental health, parenting sensitivity and the parent-infant relationship. Conclusions: A coordinated and integrated approach with focus on early intervention is needed to deliver perinatal and infant mental health services. Services need to focus on the infant and parent-infant relationship in addition to parental mental health.

The challenge to prioritise infant mental health in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-217
Author(s):  
Katherine Bain
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
Mental Health Intervention ◽  
Practical Constraints

Despite clear evidence that infant mental health intervention is imperative, mental health services for infants and their caregivers worldwide remain under-prioritised, under-funded, and inaccessible to most populations. South Africa is no exception. This article proposes some potential explanations for this, exploring both practical constraints and possible resistances within the currents of our collective unconscious.

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