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Brigid Jordan
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An overview of attachment theory, and perinatal depression
The relationship an infant has with their primary caregiver (in Australian society, this is usually the mother) has a profound impact on the infant’s future development. It is now well recognised that experiences in the first weeks and months of life help shape the developing...
Discussion paper
Understanding and responding to unsettled infant behaviour
The focus of this discussion paper is on understanding and responding to unsettled behaviour in infants.
Report
A stitch in time saves nine: Preventing and responding to the abuse and neglect of infants
The idealisation of infancy in our culture is in part a defence against recognising the intense powerlessness, helplessness and dependency of the human infant. Despite the fantasy of infancy as being a time of nirvana, the first 12 months of life pose the highest risk...
Report
An overview of attachment theory and the role of the child and family health nurse in supporting early infant-parent attachment
The relationship an infant has with their primary caregiver (in our society, this is usually the mother) has a profound impact on the infant’s future development. It is now well recognised that experiences in the first weeks and months of life help shape the developing...
Report
Irritable babies: how research findings can help and reflux and irritability
In Western societies, about 10-15 per cent of parents seek professional help because their baby cries repeatedly, for prolonged amounts of time, without apparent reason. As well as distressing parents, this phenomenon is expensive for health services. Morris and colleagues, for instance, estimated that professional...