Pathways to prevention: A training and technical assistance initiative to increase program capacity to address infant mental health issues in Early Head Start

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy L. Mann ◽  
Jennifer Boss ◽  
Suzanne Randolph
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Early Head Start ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Program Capacity

scholarly journals Learning to mentalize: Exploring vulnerable parents’ experiences of change during video guidance in an infant mental health clinic

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra Simhan ◽  
Kari Vik ◽  
Marius Veseth ◽  
Aslak Hjeltnes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Emotional Connection ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Parent Development ◽  
Video Guidance

Abstract Background Interventions that promote infant mental health face challenges when applied for parents who struggle with psychosocial and psychological burdens. Video-based guidance using the Marte Meo method is used in specialized clinical settings with high-risk families to improve parent-child interaction, parental sensitivity and mentalizing. However, knowledge about the lifeworlds of these parents and their experiences of the therapeutic process during video guidance is limited. Aim This qualitative study explores how parents in an infant mental health outpatient clinic who had difficulties mentalizing and maintaining an emotional connection with their infants experienced the change process during Marte Meo video guidance. Methods We identified a strategic sample of parents with difficulties mentalizing and maintaining an emotional connection with their infants through the Parent Development Interview. Twelve parents received video guidance and were afterwards interviewed in-depth. The research interviews were qualitatively analysed via a team-based reflexive thematic analysis. Result We identified four themes: a) feeling inadequate or disconnected as a parent; b) discovering the infant as a relating and intentional person; c) becoming more agentic and interconnected; and d) still feeling challenged by personal mental health issues. Conclusion Parents described positive changes in their interactions, in mentalizing their infants, the relationship and themselves as parents, in their experiences of self-efficacy and on a representational level. They also described increased confidence and improved coping despite ongoing personal mental health challenges. The findings suggest that video guidance using the Marte Meo method can be a critical intervention for vulnerable parents but should be coordinated with parents’ primary treatments when complex parental mental health issues are involved.

Early Head Start and infant mental health

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Chazan-Cohen ◽  
Deborah Roderick Stark ◽  
Tammy L. Mann ◽  
Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Early Head Start ◽  
Infant Mental Health

scholarly journals EXAMINING LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF AN INFANT MENTAL HEALTH HOME-BASED EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM ON FAMILY STRENGTHS AND RESILIENCE

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Mckelvey ◽  
Rachel F. Schiffman ◽  
Holly E. Brophy-Herb ◽  
Erika London Bocknek ◽  
Hiram E. Fitzgerald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Early Head Start ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Family Strengths ◽  
Head Start Program ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Start Program
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