Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, 70112, USA.
Am Psychol. 2011 Feb-Mar;66(2):120-8. doi: 10.1037/a0021630.
A system of care for abused and neglected infants and young children should adopt a comprehensive perspective, with mental health considerations systematically incorporated into policies and decisions affecting children and their families. Children age birth to 5 years have disproportionately high rates of maltreatment, with long-term consequences for their mental and physical health. Research on normal development and developmental psychopathology has shown that early development unfolds in an ecology of transactional influences among biological, interpersonal, and environmental domains. Psychologists should collaborate with other early intervention disciplines to create systems of care based on an ecological-transactional model of development that includes early mental health principles in order to serve the needs of these young children. Didactic courses, practicums, and internships in infant and early childhood mental health should become integral components of undergraduate and graduate curricula in psychology in order to build capacity to achieve this goal. Recommendations are offered for systemic change by integrating infant and early childhood mental health principles into existing systems of care for young children and their families.
对于受虐和被忽视的婴儿和幼儿的护理系统应采取全面的观点，将心理健康考虑因素系统地纳入影响儿童及其家庭的政策和决策中。0 至 5 岁的儿童受虐待的比例过高，对他们的身心健康会产生长期影响。关于正常发展和发展心理病理学的研究表明，早期发展是在生物、人际和环境领域之间的相互影响的生态系统中展开的。心理学家应与其他早期干预学科合作，根据包括早期心理健康原则的发展的生态-互动模型来创建护理系统，以满足这些幼儿的需求。在婴幼儿心理健康方面的理论课程、实践课程和实习应成为心理学本科和研究生课程的组成部分，以建立实现这一目标的能力。通过将婴幼儿心理健康原则纳入现有的幼儿及其家庭护理系统，为系统的变革提供了建议。
