Joint Care of Parents and Infants in Perinatal Psychiatry

Introduction : History.- Maternal Perinatal Psychopathology.- Establishing parent-infant interactions.- Mental illness and parenting skills.- Impact of parental psychiatric illness on infant development.- Parent-infant interactions assessment.- Child abuse.- Different types of care : Ambulatories cares.- Home visits.- Psychotherapies.- Day cares.- Mother and baby units.- Working in networks with different Care Providers. - Appropriateness of care and joint decision-making strategies.

"This book is largely targeted to mental health professionals involved in the care of women with preexisting psychiatric disorders or those with perinatal onset. ... be of keen interest to providers of obstetric, primary, and pediatric care as well as those involved in the design and implementation of healthcare systems and policy. ... this excels as a handbook on the development and implementation of systems of care directed to the mental health needs of new parents and their infants." (Jonathan D. Chernaik, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2016)