Book chapter
Perinatal and infant mental health and wellbeing
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice, pp.337-354
Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet/ Telethon Institute for Child Health Research/Kulunga Research Network in collaboration with the University of Western Australia
2014
Abstract
This chapter considers factors influencing parental and infant mental health and social and emotional wellbeing. Perinatal depression and anxiety is a significant health problem affecting not only mothers but also their infants, other children, partners, extended families and communities generally. The significance of infant attachment in the perinatal period (from conception to the end of the first year after the baby is born) and the importance of culture and ways of working with families in this sensitive life stage are described.
Perinatal mental health is about the emotional wellbeing of pregnant women and their infants, partners and families during this time. This chapter discusses the risk and protective factors that impact on parental mental health and social and emotional wellbeing. It refers to processes of assessment and the issues related to culturally appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of perinatal depression and anxiety; and its potential impact on the infant, other children, parents, family and community. The key policies that impact on perinatal mental health and relevant preventative programs are briefly described.
Details
- Title
- Perinatal and infant mental health and wellbeing
- Authors/Creators
- R. Marriott (Author/Creator)S. Ferguson-Hill (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- P. Dudgeon (Editor)H. Milroy (Editor)R. Walker (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice, pp.337-354
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet/ Telethon Institute for Child Health Research/Kulunga Research Network in collaboration with the University of Western Australia
- Identifiers
- 991005540795307891
- Copyright
- © 2014 Commonwealth of Australia
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Additional Information
- 2nd edition
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