Dealing with mental health in infancy as a specific clinical modality is relatively recent.' Preventive programs during infancy were mainly directed to promote cognitive development. Indeed, the review o n prevention by Murphy and Frank2 indicated that there are scarcely any pmg r a m s directed spe
Treating infants and mothers in psychic distress: A mental health program for infancy
✍ Scribed by Maria Cordeiro
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
Our purpose is to outline a program of mental health for mothers and infants up to the age of 3. The theoretical background of the program refers to the psychoanalytical genetic point of view developed by French and American authors. The therapeutic objectives consist of promoting the infant's self-development and the mother's reflective self-capacity to improve the infant's resiliency. These objectives aim to have preventive purposes. The program has clinical, research and training activities and a multidisciplinary staff. The clinical population is referred by medical services, from families with a middle-low socioeconomic status. With the data collected during the assessment phase, we establish a diagnosis based on a psychodynamic analysis of the pathological process and the evaluation of the risk and protective factors. Our multidisciplinary approach combines individual therapeutic modalities focused on mothers, child or mother -child relationship, with family interventions in our Unit or in the community. An evaluation of our intervention based on Parent -Infant Relationship-Global Assessment Scale (PIR-GAS) is presented.
RESUMEN: El propósito es describir un programa de salud mental para madres e infantes hasta la edad de 3 años. La base teórica del programa nos refiere a los puntos de vista genéticos sicoanalíticos desarrollados por los autores franceses y norteamericanos. Los objetivos terapéuticos consisten en promover el desarrollo propio del infante y la propia capacidad reflexiva de la madre con el fin de mejorar la capacidad del niño para reaccionar. Estos objetivos apuntan hacia propósitos preventivos. El programa tiene actividades clínicas, de investigación y de entrenamiento, así como personal multidisciplinario. La población clínica es referida por los servicios médicos, y proviene de familias que tienen medio o bajo S.E.S. Con la información recogida durante la fase de evaluación, se establece un diagnóstico basado en un análisis sicodinámico del proceso patológico y la evaluación de riesgo y factores de protección. Nuestro aceramiento multidisciplinario combina modalidades terapéuticas individuales que se enfocan en las madres, en los niños o en la relación entre madres y niños, y en las intervenciones de familia que llevamos a cabo en nuestra Unidad o en la comunidad. Se presenta una evaluación de la intervención basada en la escale PIR-GAS. RÉSUMÉ: Notre but est de tracer les grandes lignes d'un programme de Santé Mentale pour Mères et Bébés jusqu'à l'âge de 3 ans. L'arrière-plan théorique du programme fait référence au point de vue psychanalytique génétique développé par des auteurs français et américains. Les objectifs thérapeutiques consistent à promouvoir le développement personnel du bébé et la capacité de réflexion qu'a la mère de façon à améliorer l'élasticité du bébé. Les objectifs sont d'avoir des buts de prévention. Le programme a des activités cliniques, de
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