Mother-infant consultation during drug treatment: research and innovative clinical practice.

Background: This paper details a model for consulting with mothers and infants, and drug treatment staff used in a residential drug treatment program and relevant to other treatment settings. The role of parent-infant consultation based on the Neonatal Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) was evaluated.

Methods: A sequential cohort model was used to assign participants to 1.

Women's responses to ultrasound examinations during routine screens in an obstetric clinic.

Objective: The primary purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of prenatal ultrasound consultation on maternal-fetal attachment, knowledge of fetal behavior, and development and reduction of anxiety in pregnant women scheduled for routine ultrasound screens. A standard depression screen was also used to evaluate depression levels of women undergoing these screens in the sonography clinic.

Methods: To evaluate the impact of an ultrasound consultation, the following were undertaken: (1) a preliminary observational study of routine screens in the sonography clinic was performed; (2) an ultrasound consultation manual was developed and established as reliable; and (3) women undergoing evaluations between 16 and 26 weeks' gestational age were randomly assigned to a standard care group (n = 24; the standard clinical ultrasound screen) or an ultrasound consultation group (n = 28; the ultrasound consultation was done, including the standard screen with extended consultation on fetal development, maternal and familial responses, and maternal-fetal interaction).

Clinical use of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale.

Features of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale that make the examination useful for clinical application are described. Clinical applications in various settings and populations are described. This is followed by a summary of the clinical significance of the examination according to the packages of administration.

The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale. Clinical use with drug exposed infants and their mothers.

The NNNS provides a comprehensive assessment of the at-risk and drug-exposed infant. The examination was developed for research and has now been extended to clinical practice. It is routinely used in our hospital in several clinical programs.

Cardiorespiratory reactivity during the Brazelton Scale in term and preterm infants.

Determined the relationship between behaviour measured with the Brazel zelton Scale and simultaneously recorded cardiorespiratory activity. The Brazelton Scale was administered and videotaped in a sample of 22 term and 22 preterm infants at term conceptional age. The videotapes were coded off line with a computer interface to time lock behavior and physiological activity for the duration of four alert, non-crying conditions.