Handbook of Infant Mental Health

by Charles H. Zeanah Jr. MD (Editor)

Overview

The definitive reference in the field--now significantly revised with 75% new material--this volume examines typical and atypical development from birth to the preschool years and identifies what works in helping children and families at risk. Foremost experts explore neurobiological, family, and sociocultural factors in infant mental health, with a major focus on primary caregiving relationships. Risk factors for developmental problems are analyzed, and current information on disorders and disabilities of early childhood is presented. The volume showcases evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention and describes applications in mental health, primary care, child care, and child welfare settings.
 
New to This Edition:
*Chapters on genetic and epigenetic processes, executive functions, historical trauma, and neglect.
*Chapters on additional clinical problems: hyperactivity and inattention, sensory overresponsivity, and relationship-specific disorder.
*Chapters on additional interventions: attachment and biobehavioral catch-up, video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline, parent–child interaction therapy, and home visiting programs.
*Existing chapters all rewritten or revised to reflect a decade's worth of empirical and clinical advances.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462537150
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	678
Sales rank:	427,120
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., MD, is the Mary Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair in Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and Vice Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine. He serves as Executive Director of the Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. He also directs the Tulane Infant Team, a community-based intervention program for abused and neglected infants and toddlers in the New Orleans area. Dr. Zeanah has a longstanding interest in infant mental health, with clinical and research foci including the effects of adverse early experiences on the development of young children, attachment and its development in high-risk environments, psychopathology in early childhood, and infant–parent relationships. He is the recipient of honors including the Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Prevention from the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and the Blanche F. Ittelson Award for Research in Child Psychiatry from the APA. Dr. Zeanah is a Distinguished Life Fellow of AACAP and the APA and a Board Member of Zero to Three. He is Visiting Professor at the University of Bucharest and the University of Glasgow.
 
 

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Contents
I. Context of Infant Mental Health
1. Models of Development and Developmental Risk, Arnold J. Sameroff and Barbara H. Fiese
2. The Psychology and Psychopathology of Pregnancy: Reorganization and Transformation, Lisa J. Cohen and Arietta Slade
3. Neurobiology of Fetal and Infant Development: Implications for Infant Mental Health, Charles A. Nelson and Michelle Bosquet
4. Infant Social and Emotional Development in Family Context, Susan Crockenberg and Esther Leerkes
5. The Cultural Context of Infant Mental Health: The Developmental Niche of Infant-Caregiver Relationships, Marva L. Lewis
II. Risk and Protective Factors
6. The Impact of Poverty on the Mental Health and Development of Very Young Children, J. Lawrence Aber, Stephanie Jones, and Jennifer Cohen
7. Early Parenthood in Context: Implications for Development and Intervention, Lauren S. Wakschlag and Sydney L. Hans
8. Parental Mental Illness and Infant Development, Ronald Seifer and Susan Dickstein
9. Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Outcome, Barry M. Lester, C. F. Zachariah Boukydis, and Jean E. Twomey
10. Prematurity and Serious Medical Conditions in Infancy: Implications for Development, Behavior, and Intervention, Klaus Minde
11. Exposure to Violence and Early Childhood Trauma, Joan Kaufman and Christopher Henrich
III. Assessment
12. Clinical Interviews with Families of Infants, Stephen Seligman
13. Infant-Parent Relationship Assessment, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., Julie A. Larrieu, Sherryl Scott Heller, and Jean Valliere
14. Development Assessment of Infants and Toddlers, Walter S. Gilliam and Linda C. Mayes
15. The Observation and Assessment of Young Children Including Use of the Infant-Toddler Mental Status Exam, Anne Leland Benham
IV. Psychopathology
16. Mental Retardation, Anne S. Walters and Karyn Kaufman Blane
17. Communication Problems, Barry M. Prizant, Amy M. Wetherby, and Joanne E. Roberts
18. Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Kathleen Koenig, Emily Rubin, Ami Klin, and Fred R. Volkmar
19. Regulatory Disorders, Marianne L. Barton and Diana Robins
20. Sleep Disorders, Thomas Anders, Beth Goodlin-Jones, and Avi Sadeh
21. Feeding Disorders, Failure to Thrive, and Obesity, Diane Benoit
22. Disturbances and Disorders of Attachment in Early Childhood, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. and Neil W. Boris
23. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Michael S. Scheeringa and Theodore J. Gaensbauer
24. Depression, Joan L. Luby
25. Aggressive Behavior Disorders, Daniel S. Shaw, Miles Gilliom, and Joyce Giovannelli
26. Gender Identity Disorder, Kenneth J. Zucker and Susan J. Bradley
27. Somatic Expression of Disease, David A. Mrazek
V. Intervention
28. Prevention Science and Prevention Programs, Leila Beckwith
29. Parent-Child Relationships in Early Intervention with Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families, Linda Gilkerson and Frances Stott
30. Infant-Parent Psychotherapy: Core Concepts and Current Approaches, Alicia F. Lieberman, Robin Silverman, and Jeree H. Pawl
31. Interaction Guidance: An Approach for Difficult-to-Engage Families, Susan C. McDonough
32. Infant Massage Therapy, Tiffany Field
VI. Applications of Infant Mental Health
33. Early Childhood Policy: Implications for Infant Mental Health, Jack P. Shonkoff, John A. Lippitt, and Doreen A. Cavanaugh
34. Child Care in Infancy: A Transactional Perspective, Anne Hungerford, Celia A. Brownell, and Susan B. Campbell
35. Divorce and Custody: Developmental Implications, Michael D. Kaplan and Kyle D. Pruett
36. Training in Infant Mental Health, Paula Doyle Zeanah, Julie A. Larrieu, and Charles H. Zeanah, Jr.

Table of Contents

I. Development and Context
1. Infant Mental Health: The Clinical Science of Early Experience, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. & Paula Doyle Zeanah
2. Pregnancy and Infant Mental Health, Arietta Slade & Lois S. Sadler
3. Neurobiology of Fetal and Infant Development: Implications for Infant Mental Health, Anne E. Berens & Charles A. Nelson
4. Genetic and Epigenetic Processes in Infant Mental Health, Andrew R. Dismukes, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff, & Stacy S. Drury
5. The Neurobiology of Stress and Adversity in Infancy, Stephanie F. Thompson, Cara J. Kiff, & Katie A. McLaughlin
6. Infant Social and Emotional Development: Emerging Competence in a Relational Context, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Carolyn J. Dayton, & Maria Muzik
7. Emerging Executive Functions in Early Childhood, Jennifer M. McDermott & Nathan A. Fox
8. Wounds from the Past: Integrating Historical Trauma into a Multicultural Infant Mental Health Framework, Chandra Michiko Ghosh Ippen
II. Risk and Protective Factors
9. Poverty, Early Experience and Brain Development, Luciane R. Piccolo & Kimberly G. Noble
10. Postnatal Depression and Young Children’s Development, Lynne Murray, Sarah Halligan, & Peter Cooper
11. Parental Substance Abuse, Neil W. Boris, Kimberly Renk, Amanda Lowell, & Ellen Kolomeyer
12. Prematurity: Identifying Risks and Promoting Resilience, Prachi E. Shah, Joy Browne, & Julie Poehlmann-Tynan
13. The Effects of Violent Experiences on Infants and Young Children, Daniel S. Schechter, Erica Willheim, Francesca Suardi, & Sandra Rusconi Serpa
14. Neglect, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Lucy S. King, & Ian H. Gotlib
III. Assessment
15. Caregiver Report Measures of Early Childhood Social Emotional Functioning, Leandra Godoy, Annie Davis, Amy Heberle, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, & Alice S. Carter
16. Assessing the Relational Context of Infants and Young Children, Julie A. Larrieu, Melissa A. Middleton, Anna C. Kelley, & Charles H. Zeanah, Jr.
IV. Psychopathology
17. Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, and Inattention in Young Children, Mary Margaret Gleason & Kathryn L. Humphreys
18. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Marianne L. Barton & Julia Chen
19. Sensory Overresponsivity, Timothy W. Soto, Vivian M. Ciaramitaro, & Alice S. Carter
20. Communication Disorders in Infants and Toddlers, Meredith Saletta & Jennifer Windsor
21. Intellectual Disabilities, Robert M. Hodapp & Elisabeth M. Dykens
22. Sleep Disorders, Judith Owens & Melissa M. Burnham
23. Eating and Feeding Disorders in Early Childhood, Miri Keren
24. Developmental Emergence of Disruptive Behaviors Beginning in Infancy: Delineating Normal/Abnormal Boundaries to Enhance Early Identification, Dorota Biedzio & Lauren S. Wakschlag
25. Depression in Early Childhood, Joan L. Luby & Diana Whalen
26. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Young Children, Devi Miron & Whitney Sturdy
27. Attachment Disorders in Early Childhood, Julianna Finelli, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. & Anna T. Smyke
28. Relationship-Specific Disorder of Early Childhood, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. & Alicia F. Lieberman
V. Intervention
29. Child–Parent Psychotherapy: A Trauma-Informed Treatment for Young Children and Their Caregivers, Alicia F. Lieberman, Miriam Hernandez Dimmler, & Chandra Michiko Ghosh Ippen
30. The Circle of Security, Joe Coyne, Bert Powell, Kent Hoffman, & Glen Cooper
31. Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Mary Dozier & Kristin Bernard
32. Reflections on the Mirror: On Video Feedback to Promote Positive Parenting and Infant Mental Health, Marian J. Bakersmans-Kranenberg, Femmie Juffer, & Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
33. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy, Monica Stevens & Amanda N’zi
34. Foster Care in Early Childhood, Anna T. Smyke & Angela S. Breidenstine
VI. Applications of Infant Mental Health
35. Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training: Updates, New Directions, Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier, Paula Doyle Zeanah, & Julie A. Larrieu
36. Infant Mental Health in Primary Care, Mary Margaret Gleason
37. Child Care and Early Education as Context for Infant Mental Health, Allison Boothe Trigg & Angela W. Keyes
38. Infant Mental Health and Home Visiting: Needs, Approaches, Opportunities and Cautions, Paula Doyle Zeanah & Jon Korfmacher
39. Investing in Early Childhood Development and Infant Mental Health, Geoffrey A. Nagle
 

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

This comprehensive book sets out to describe essential topics in infant mental health. The authors and the chapters they have written represent contributions from the diverse array of professional disciplines that comprise this field of study. The purpose of this much needed and welcome volume is to serve as a resource and reference for professionals involved in the multiple aspects of infant mental health who represent a broad spectrum of affiliated disciplines and settings. The audience for whom this book is intended includes clinical practitioners, investigators, social policy makers, and students in this field of study who share professional interests in this subject. It is not meant for the lay audience or the individual with little previous knowledge in the field because a number of chapters presuppose some familiarity with fundamental concepts and principles. No color illustrations or photographs are included, but the book does contain several tables and line drawings that clarify particular principles and conclusions. The chapters are usefully grouped into sections, each prefaced by an introductory essay. These essays help organize an immense and multifaceted range of material into a framework of core topics. This book is a most welcome and much needed addition to the field of infant mental health. Because it is a comprehensive review of the history and current thinking in the field, it should be a staple in the library of any individual with professional interests in this area. It should prove equally valuable for architects and students of social policy who play a pivotal role in the conceptualization and delivery of services for infants and their families.

Miriam Gutmann

This is a textbook about infant mental health and its disorders. Trying to understand infant behavior within a developmental context, attempts are made to discover behavioral disorders of infancy and early childhood. The editor approaches infant mental health from different aspects, exploring risks posed to young children. He aims to focus attention on infant mental health by exploring numerous disorders observed in a restricted age range. The audience is basically child and adult psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, social workers, and pediatricians — practically anybody who wishes to understand normal/abnormal human behavior. At the beginning of the book, the focus is on different developmental models in terms of social and emotional context as well as neurobiology of development. The remainder of the text is a presentation of different assessment techniques and numerous disorders of infancy and early childhood, including risk factors, classifications, and treatment modalities. Case illustrations are very helpful in understanding the presented material. Each chapter includes a brief summary, which enables the reader to absorb the core of the discussed material. One of the very interesting chapters contains information about infant massage therapy for both high and low risk infants. Divorce and custody issues and their implications on children are discussed in a separate chapter. References are multiple and current. An author index, which includes names of the references, is located at the end, separate from the subject index. Written by authorities in their areas, this book is a worthwhile contribution to the field. I highly recommend it.

Ozlem Uyar

Grounded in a relational perspective, this volume offers a sweeping interdisciplinary analysis of the developmental, clinical, and social aspects of mental health from birth to age three. This second edition reflects changes in the field in the past decade, and contains new chapters on the psychology of pregnancy, neurobiology of fetal and infant development, and examination of mental status in infancy. Zeanah is professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, vice-chairman of psychiatry, and director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"A comprehensive reference that is a valuable addition for a developmentally oriented clinician who interacts with young children and families." (on the second edition)

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

"Successive editions of this handbook have given us the foremost thinking in an incredibly fast-developing area. Readers of the fourth edition will be delighted by a diversity of perspectives that define an increasingly rich field. For example, new chapters on epigenetics and historical trauma deepen our understanding that the baby is an interactive traveler on a multigenerational journey. Zeanah has yet again assembled an all-star cast of authors to help us better understand and intervene at both individual and sociocultural levels. This handbook is equally indispensable to researchers, clinicians, policymakers, educators, and graduate students. With the correct classroom supports, the fourth edition is ideal for use in graduate programs and postdoctoral seminars. Its utility as a classroom text spans psychology, developmental science, education and special education, psychiatry, social work, nursing, early intervention, pediatrics, public health, and many other disciplines."—Walter S. Gilliam, PhD, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

"Zeanah has once again brought together the leading experts in the field to provide the most comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of the science and practice of infant mental health. Chapters offer a broad view as well as specific information about early childhood development in context, risk and protective factors, assessment, psychopathology, interventions, and applications in different settings and contexts. The volume presents detailed roadmaps for clinical care, training, and advocacy. For every child psychiatry fellow and faculty member in our department, this is the core, foundational book of early childhood mental health knowledge."—Helen Link Egger, MD, Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director, Child Study Center, New York University Langone Medical Center

"As in prior editions, the fourth edition of the Handbook distills a massive body of research on neurobiological processes in the developing child and renders it digestible to readers who are less familiar with the topic. To our great fortune, coverage of neurobiology has been expanded with a cutting-edge chapter on epigenetics. Other new chapters keep pace with the rapidly evolving field of evidence-based infant mental health interventions by presenting approaches arising from varying theoretical and philosophical bases."—Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park

"From its pioneering first edition, this handbook established itself as the authoritative resource for the infant mental health field. Now in its fourth edition, this volume builds on the foundations of the previous editions, yet brings the reader up to date with thorough reviews of key topics. Newcomers to the field, students (both beginning and advanced), and experienced clinicians and researchers will all find the Handbook invaluable. It covers the main issues 'from cell to society,' is accurate and scientifically rigorous, and offers balanced descriptions of complex issues."—David Oppenheim, PhD, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Child Development, University of Haifa, Israel

"The fourth edition very much keeps abreast of developments in the field of infant mental health. I have read the new chapters with much enjoyment and sense of fruitfulness. The Handbook is pertinent, up to date, and a great resource for those of us working directly with infants and parents, as well as those seeking to develop the overall coordination and delivery of mental health services. All of the contributors are at the forefront of their respective areas of research and clinical activity. The Handbook is the overall textbook for our multidisciplinary training program in infant and parent mental health at the University of Melbourne. The residents and fellows in the infant mental health program at the Royal Children’s Hospital also refer to the book when providing inpatient and outpatient care."—Campbell Paul, MBBS, FRANZCP, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia; Consultant Infant Psychiatrist, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne

From the Publisher

"If you can't find helpful information summarized here, relevant to any important or special problem pertinent to children ages 0–3, then the data do not yet exist." (on the second edition)

American Journal of Psychiatry

Reviewer: Miriam Gutmann, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This comprehensive book sets out to describe essential topics in infant mental health. The authors and the chapters they have written represent contributions from the diverse array of professional disciplines that comprise this field of study.
Purpose: The purpose of this much needed and welcome volume is to serve as a resource and reference for professionals involved in the multiple aspects of infant mental health who represent a broad spectrum of affiliated disciplines and settings.
Audience: The audience for whom this book is intended includes clinical practitioners, investigators, social policy makers, and students in this field of study who share professional interests in this subject. It is not meant for the lay audience or the individual with little previous knowledge in the field because a number of chapters presuppose some familiarity with fundamental concepts and principles.
Features: No color illustrations or photographs are included, but the book does contain several tables and line drawings that clarify particular principles and conclusions. The chapters are usefully grouped into sections, each prefaced by an introductory essay. These essays help organize an immense and multifaceted range of material into a framework of core topics.
Assessment: This book is a most welcome and much needed addition to the field of infant mental health. Because it is a comprehensive review of the history and current thinking in the field, it should be a staple in the library of any individual with professional interests in this area. It should prove equally valuable for architects and students of social policy who play a pivotal role in the conceptualization and delivery of services for infants and their families.

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