DISCHARGE PLANNING FOR THE HIGH-RISK NEONATE: A Consultation-Liaison Role for the Infant Mental Health Specialist

DISCHARGE PLANNING FOR THE HIGH-RISK NEONATE A Consultation-Liaison Role for the Infant Mental Health Specialist

Frequent difficulties in discharge planning for the high-risk neonate are discussed, and case material is used to illustrate brief, focused psychiatric consultation-liaison intervention on behalf of an infant and its parents at high medical and psychosocial risk, respectively. Familial and hospital...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 637 - 647
Main Authors: Horner, Thomas W, Theut, Susan, Murdoch, William G
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc 01-10-1984
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
American Orthopsychiatric Association
Educational Publishing Foundation
Subjects:
Affective Valence
Biological and medical sciences
Case Report
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Discharge Planning
Human
Humans
Infant
Infant Care
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases - psychology
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Health
Object Attachment
Parent-Child Relations
Parents - education
Patient Discharge
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychosocial Factors
Referral and Consultation
Resuscitation - psychology
Risk
Risk Factors
Role
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Therapist Role
Human
Prevention
High risk
Neonatal
Psychiatric consultation
Health staff
Public health organization
Hospital environment
Therapeutic role
Parent child relation
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Summary:Frequent difficulties in discharge planning for the high-risk neonate are discussed, and case material is used to illustrate brief, focused psychiatric consultation-liaison intervention on behalf of an infant and its parents at high medical and psychosocial risk, respectively. Familial and hospital team dynamics, particularly issues of affective bonding, are examined, and the role of the infant mental health specialist is delineated. Principals of consultation in the neonatal services unit are outlined.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Case Study-2
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ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01533.x