In this episode, Lisa and Tracy provide the definitions of Infant Mental Health (IMH) and early relational health, share statistics, and break down the stigma around IMH.

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Additional Resources discussed:

How to Communicate Effectively About Early Relational Health: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://nurtureconnection.org/resource/how-to-communicate-effectively-about-early-relational-health-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/

Briefing Paper: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Early Intervention (Part C): Policies and practices for supporting the social and emotional development and mental health of infants and toddlers in the context of parent-child relationships: https://ectacenter.org/topics/iecmh/iecmh-partc.asp

Neufeld Institute: https://neufeldinstitute.org/

References:

Center for the Study of Social Policy (n.d.). Advancing Early Relational Health. https://cssp.org/our-work/project/advancing-early-relational-health/#:~:text=Early%20Relational%20Health%E2%80%94or%20the,healthy%20children%2C%20healthy%20families%2C%20and

Zero to Three (n.d.). Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. https://www.zerotothree.org/issue-areas/infant-and-early-childhood-mental-health/

Zero to Three Infant Mental Health Task Force Steering Committee . Definition of infant mental health. National Center for Clinical Infant Programs; Washington, DC: 2001.