TY - JOUR
T1 - Serving the mental health needs of families with children under three
T2 - A comprehensive program
AU - Jennings, Kay Donahue
AU - Wisner, Katherine L.
AU - Conley, Barbara A.
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - This paper describes a pregnancy and infant/parent program that was developed to provide comprehensive mental health services to families with children under 3 years of age. Because either the infant or parent can be the identified patient, we are able to treat families who define their problems in a variety of ways. The program has four basic premises: (1) the mental health of all family members should be addressed, (2) treatment of family members should be provided with minimum fragmentation of services, (3) the treatment plan must be individualized for each family, and (4) modes of therapy must be changed as the needs of the family change over time. This paper presents the rationale and techniques necessary for integrated services to families with children under 3 years of age. Two cases are presented: one with the infant as the identified patient, and one with the mother as the identified patient.
AB - This paper describes a pregnancy and infant/parent program that was developed to provide comprehensive mental health services to families with children under 3 years of age. Because either the infant or parent can be the identified patient, we are able to treat families who define their problems in a variety of ways. The program has four basic premises: (1) the mental health of all family members should be addressed, (2) treatment of family members should be provided with minimum fragmentation of services, (3) the treatment plan must be individualized for each family, and (4) modes of therapy must be changed as the needs of the family change over time. This paper presents the rationale and techniques necessary for integrated services to families with children under 3 years of age. Two cases are presented: one with the infant as the identified patient, and one with the mother as the identified patient.
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U2 - 10.1002/1097-0355(199124)12:4<276::AID-IMHJ2280120402>3.0.CO;2-U
DO - 10.1002/1097-0355(199124)12:4<276::AID-IMHJ2280120402>3.0.CO;2-U
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84985062146
SN - 0163-9641
VL - 12
SP - 276
EP - 290
JO - Infant Mental Health Journal
JF - Infant Mental Health Journal
IS - 4
ER -
