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ERIC Number: EJ605009
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0896-3746
Clarifying Concepts of Infant Mental Health--Promotion, Relationship-Based Preventive Intervention, and Treatment.
Heffron, Mary Claire
Infants and Young Children, v12 n4 p14-21 Apr 2000
This article discusses the confusion, inaccuracies, and misperceptions arising from the term "infant mental health," and proposes a framework for the use of the term. This framework sets out a language and clear distinctions among the categories of promotion, relationship-based preventive intervention, and treatment. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Programs, Health Promotion, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Prevention, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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