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The Infant mental health specialist in newborn pediatric rounds: A systems approach
Author(s) -
Wright Barry M.,
Heavenrich James L.
Publication year - 1982
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(198222)3:2<90::aid-imhj2280030206>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - mental health , infant mental health , rounding , psychology , medical education , nursing , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
This article describes a special program wherein infant mental health specialists participate in hospital rounds with pediatric residents. The purpose of the program is described in terms of medical awareness of psycho‐social needs of the family and improved clinical services. Examples are given of the way in which “rounding” contributes to the meeting of infants' and families' medical and psychological needs. Note is made of the multilevel impact of this collaboration.