Mother's Emotional and Posttraumatic Reactions after a Preterm Birth: The Mother-Infant Interaction Is at Stake 12 Months after Birth.

Objectives: Very preterm infants are known to be at risk of developmental disabilities and behavioural disorders. This condition is supposed to alter mother-infant interactions. Here we hypothesize that the parental coping with the very preterm birth may greatly influence mother-infant interactions.

Emotional reactions of mothers facing premature births: study of 100 mother-infant dyads 32 gestational weeks.

Objectives: This current study has been conducted to clarify the relationship between the mother's post-traumatic reaction triggered by premature birth and the mother-infant interactions. In this article, the precocious maternal feelings are described.

Methods: A multicenter prospective study was performed in three French hospitals.

[Lack of communications between general medicine and the mental health sector].

Mental health problems today account for a rising number of visits to general practitioners, which require collaboration between general practitioners and psychiatrists. A KAP study (Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice) was carried out among general practitioners of three towns in the "Meurthe et Moselle" region, in the common territory shared by both a child and an adult psychiatric sector. Twenty-three doctors participated in the study.