Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Second Edition

by Zeanah, Charles H.

• ISBN13: 9781572305151
• ISBN10: 1572305150
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-09
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This completely revised and updated second edition reflects tremendous advances in theory, research, and practice that have taken place over the past decade. Grounded in a relational view of infancy, the volume offers a broad interdisciplinary analysis of the developmental, clinical, and social aspects of mental health from birth to age three.

Author Biography

Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Vice-Chairman of Psychiatry, and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Tulane University School of Medicine. He also directs an intensive intervention program for maltreated infants and toddlers in the New Orleans area. During the past two decades, his clinical and research interests have concerned development and psychopathology in the early years. A member of the MacArthur Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development, Dr. Zeanah serves on the editorial board of the Infant Mental Health Journal and is Editor of The Signal, a newsletter of the World Association for Infant Mental Health.

Table of Contents

I. CONTEXT OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH	1	(108)
Models of Development and Developmental Risk	3	(17)
Arnold J. Sameroff
Barbara H. Fiese
The Psychology and Psychopathology of Pregnancy: Reorganization and Transformation	20	(17)
Lisa J. Cohen
Arietta Slade
Neurobiology of Fetal and Infant Development: Implications for Infant Mental Health	37	(23)
Charles A. Nelson
Michelle Bosquet
Infant Social and Emotional Development in Family Context	60	(31)
Susan Crockenberg
Esther Leerkes
The Cultural Context of Infant Mental Health: The Developmental Niche of Infant--Caregiver Relationships	91	(18)
Marva L. Lewis
II. RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS	109	(100)
The Impact of Poverty on the Mental Health and Development of Very Young Children	113	(16)
J. Lawrence Aber
Stephanie Jones
Jennifer Cohen
Early Parenthood in Context: Implications for Development and Intervention	129	(16)
Lauren S. Wakschlag
Sydney L. Hans
Parental Mental Illness and Infant Development	145	(16)
Ronald Seifer
Susan Dickstein
Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Outcome	161	(15)
Barry M. Lester
C. F. Zachariah Boukydis
Jean E. Twomey
Prematurity and Serious Medical Conditions in Infancy: Implications for Development, Behavior, and Intervention	176	(19)
Klaus Minde
Exposure to Violence and Early Childhood Trauma	195	(14)
Joan Kaufman
Christopher Henrich
III. ASSESSMENT	209	(58)
Clinical Interviews with Families of Infants	211	(11)
Stephen Seligman
Infant-Parent Relationship Assessment	222	(14)
Charles H. Zeanah Jr.
Julie A. Larrieu
Sherryl Scott Heller
Jean Valliere
Development Assessment of Infants and Toddlers	236	(13)
Walter S. Gilliam
Linda C. Mayes
The Observation and Assessment of Young Children Including Use of the Infant-Toddler Mental Status Exam	249	(18)
Anne Leland Benham
IV. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY	267	(170)
Mental Retardation	271	(11)
Anne S. Walters
Karyn Kaufman Blane
Communication Problems	282	(16)
Barry M. Prizant
Amy M. Wetherby
Joanne E. Roberts
Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders	298	(13)
Kathleen Koenig
Emily Rubin
Ami Klin
Fred R. Volkmar
Regulatory Disorders	311	(15)
Marianne L. Barton
Diana Robins
Sleep Disorders	326	(13)
Thomas Anders
Beth Goodlin-Jones
Avi Sadeh
Feeding Disorders, Failure to Thrive, and Obesity	339	(14)
Diane Benoit
Disturbances and Disorders of Attachment in Early Childhood	353	(16)
Charles H. Zeanah Jr.
Neil W. Boris
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	369	(13)
Michael S. Scheeringa
Theodore J. Gaensbauer
Depression	382	(15)
Joan L. Luby
Aggressive Behavior Disorders	397	(15)
Daniel S. Shaw
Miles Gilliom
Joyce Giovannelli
Gender Identity Disorder	412	(13)
Kenneth J. Zucker
Susan J. Bradley
Somatic Expression of Disease	425	(12)
David A. Mrazek
V. INTERVENTION	437	(64)
Prevention Science and Prevention Programs	439	(18)
Leila Beckwith
Parent--Child Relationships in Early Intervention with Infants and Toddlers with disabilities and Their Families	457	(15)
Linda Gilkerson
Frances Stott
Infant--Parent Psychotherapy: Core Concepts and Current Approaches	472	(13)
Alicia F. Lieberman
Robin Silverman
Jeree H. Pawl
Interaction Guidance: An Approach for Difficult-to-Engage Families	485	(9)
Susan C. McDonough
Infant Massage Therapy	494	(7)
Tiffany Field
VI. APPLICATIONS OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH	501	(58)
Early Childhood Policy: Implications for Infant Mental Health	503	(16)
Jack P. Shonkoff
John A. Lippitt
Doreen A. Cavanaugh
Child Care in Infancy: A Transactional Perspective	519	(14)
Anne Hungerford
Celia A. Brownell
Susan B. Campbell
Divorce and Custody: Developmental Implications	533	(15)
Michael D. Kaplan
Kyle D. Pruett
Training in Infant Mental Health	548	(11)
Paula Doyle Zeanah
Julie A. Larrieu
Charles H. Zeanah Jr.
Author Index	559	(16)
Subject Index	575