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Waimh Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Biopsychosocial Factors Volume One

Newborn Neurobehavior and the Development of Infant Mental Health

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Lester, BM; Conradt, E; Tronick, E
January 1, 2024

Newborn neurobehavior enables us to identify individual differences and temperament, differential susceptibility and to identify at-risk-infants. Neurobehavioral and biological (e.g., epigenetic) pathways set the stage for the “goodness-of-fit” between infant and caregiver manifest in dyadic interaction and mutual regulation. Preterm infants in particular struggle to develop mutual regulation because of the demands of internal/external stimulation. Changing caregiver behavior to better-fit infant neurobehavioral profiles in a dynamic repair-and-expand model can improve infant regulation and mental health.

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January 1, 2024

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Lester, B. M., Conradt, E., & Tronick, E. (2024). Newborn Neurobehavior and the Development of Infant Mental Health. In Waimh Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Biopsychosocial Factors Volume One (Vol. 1, pp. 147–168). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48627-2_10
Lester, B. M., E. Conradt, and E. Tronick. “Newborn Neurobehavior and the Development of Infant Mental Health.” In Waimh Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Biopsychosocial Factors Volume One, 1:147–68, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48627-2_10.
Lester BM, Conradt E, Tronick E. Newborn Neurobehavior and the Development of Infant Mental Health. In: Waimh Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Biopsychosocial Factors Volume One. 2024. p. 147–68.
Lester, B. M., et al. “Newborn Neurobehavior and the Development of Infant Mental Health.” Waimh Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Biopsychosocial Factors Volume One, vol. 1, 2024, pp. 147–68. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-48627-2_10.
Lester BM, Conradt E, Tronick E. Newborn Neurobehavior and the Development of Infant Mental Health. Waimh Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Biopsychosocial Factors Volume One. 2024. p. 147–168.

DOI

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

Volume

1

Start / End Page

147 / 168