Sam Tyano, Miri Keren, "Parenthood and Mental Health: A Bridge Between Infant and Adult Psychiatry"
2010 | ISBN-10: 0470747226 | 488 pages | PDF | 2 MB
2010 | ISBN-10: 0470747226 | 488 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Across all cultures parenting is the foundation of family life. Itis the domain where adult mental health meets infant development.Beginning in pregnancy, parenting involves many conscious andunconscious processes which have recently been shown to a child′sdevelopment significantly. This book focuses on pregnancy and thefirst year of life, providing a thorough account of the points ofencounter between adult and infant psychiatry. In a fresh andcomprehensive way, it summarises knowledge about early parenting,including a critical analysis of parenting, what it means to be a"good enough parent", and its relationship to infant, parent andfamily outcomes. In addition to the psychiatric dimension, the bookemphasises the biological aspects of parenting, parentalpsychopathology and normal and abnormal infant development.
With a Foreword by Charles H. Zeanah
Praise for Parenting and Mental Health:
Tyano, Keren, Herrman and Cox have edited athoughtfully prepared guide on normal and abnormal parenting. Theyhave, with enormous skill and wisdom, helped to unite the importantaspects of pregnancy, infant and childhood development andparenting for adult and child and adolescent psychiatrists.World–class internationally recognized clinicians and researchershelp make this book useful throughout the world. This is amasterful, culturally sensitive and important book which provides along overdue and much needed guide on relationships among children,parents and families.
Michelle Riba, M.D., M.S., Professor and Associate Chair forIntegrated Medical and Psychiatric Services, Department ofPsychiatry, University of Michigan, USA
During recent decades, progress in the field of infantmental health has been revolutionary; at the same time, there hasbeen rapid development in women s mental health. By bringingthese two together, this pioneering book leads its readers to thevital new focal point around perinatal mental health. The bookintegrates the origins of developmental psychiatry in attachmentand systemic contexts and shows concretely how relationshipexperiences and biology interact when new life begins.
After describing the fascinating world of early parenting,the book focuses on problems, difficulties and disorders duringthis phase of life and above all on how to support, intervene andtreat disorders in parenting. When infants, mothers and fathers areunderstood in a holistic way, professionals in many fields will beable to promote the transmission of meaningful life throughparenthood and parenting.
Tuula Tamminen, Professor of Child Psychiatry, University ofTampere, Finland; Past–President of World Association for InfantMental Health, President of European Society for Child andAdolescent Psychiatry