Lee Vivian Wing Woon, Newman Louise Kathryn
Perinatal and infant psychiatrist, Agnes Unit, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, VIC.
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Rural Health Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2018 Oct;26(5):531-533. doi: 10.1177/1039856218783856. Epub 2018 Jul 16.
This paper aims to describe current approaches in Victoria to the development of perinatal and infant mental health services in regional areas.
The paper outlines the significance of perinatal mental disorder for maternal wellbeing and impact on infant development, and describes the model of care at the Agnes Unit.
The Agnes Unit has been established as a residential therapeutic unit offering short-term treatment that focusses on promoting parental mental health, parenting sensitivity and the parent-infant relationship.
A coordinated and integrated approach with focus on early intervention is needed to deliver perinatal and infant mental health services. Services need to focus on the infant and parent-infant relationship in addition to parental mental health.
本文旨在描述维多利亚州在区域地区发展围产期和婴幼儿心理健康服务的当前方法。
本文概述了围产期精神障碍对母亲幸福感的重要性及其对婴儿发育的影响，并描述了阿格尼斯单元的护理模式。
阿格尼斯单元已被设立为一个住院治疗单元，提供短期治疗，重点是促进父母心理健康、育儿敏感性以及亲子关系。
需要采取以早期干预为重点的协调和综合方法来提供围产期和婴幼儿心理健康服务。除了父母心理健康外，服务还需要关注婴儿和亲子关系。
