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Infant Mental Health For Practitioners

An Infant Mental Health Service: The Importance of the Early Years and Evidence-Based Practice

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Zero to Three, based in America, is the best website for general information on all aspects of development from the ante-natal period to three years of age, and a source of many useful handouts. It includes details of many different ways of offering early intervention, both home and centre based. Their bi-monthly journal is essential reading.

And for general research-based information on this period:-

A free information hub for all dads:-
http://www.dad.info/

An excellent overview of Infant Mental Health programmes is available on:-

For adult mental health, useful both as information and handouts, this is a very good site: -

There are a number of specialist sites covering specific issues, e.g.:-

In the U. K. the leaflets once produced by the Child Psychotherapy Trust are now available online to be downloaded.

From Chicago www.ounceofprevention.org gives examples of early intervention, including the highly successful Doula scheme that begins with the pregnant mother. Issues related to pregnancy and mental illness are well resourced at www.nmha.org also covers issues related to mental illness and parenting.

For an introduction to the long term neurological and psychological consequences of early trauma:-

And for ideas on how to help:-

The World Association for Infant Mental Health is an important source for up to date research and clinical interventions. It organises a World Congress every two years.

In the U. K. The Association of Infant Mental Health is open to anyone with a professional interest in very young children. On its website is a full account of evidence-based practice in the field of Infant Mental Health. With membership comes a twice yearly newsletter and regular announcements of relevant conferences, many discounted for members.

Some websites to begin looking for information on how the quality of the early caregiving relationship sculpts the brain, for good or ill, are:-

Attachment theory has provided the basis for much research and clinical work in Infant Mental Health. Some informative websites to look at are:-

Young Minds have launched an Infancy Policy, and also produce a good leaflet on “Tuning in to Our Babies” (2003). Both can be useful when advocating for the development of services.

There are many websites promoting (and providing resources for) the sensitive, responsive and reflective parenting that forms the basis for secure attachment. Some examples are:

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