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A community mental health clinic's infant‐toddler services
Author(s) -
Dowling Jerry J.,
Hamada Sallie M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198022)1:2<116::aid-imhj2280010207>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - toddler , mental health , mandate , competence (human resources) , infant mental health , psychology , human services , medicine , social work , nursing , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
A community mental health clinic study of 20 infants for psychological risk status combined with a group of mother (200) and infant‐toddler visits (450) over 1‐year period is described as a program for providing services to the 0 to 3 age group. Recent studies in the development of human competence emphasize the importance of these years in obtaining various social and nonsocial abilities that are crucial to life and/or work satisfaction. The community mental health clinic has the knowledge, expertise, and mandate to provide services to this age group.