'Modelling a Secure-Base' for Women with Complex Needs: Attachment-Based Interventions Used by Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Clinicians.

Infant well-being is intrinsically linked to maternal physical and emotional well-being. Internationally health services have implemented policies to identify women at risk of mental health problems and developed effective care pathways. The aim of this paper is to describe how perinatal and infant mental health clinicians perceive their role and the attachment-based interventions they use in their work.

A mixed methods study of collaboration between perinatal and infant mental health clinicians and other service providers: Do they sit in silos?

Background: Women at risk of poor perinatal mental health benefit from coordinated approaches to care. Perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) services have been established to support women with social and emotional needs. This paper examines the nature and extent of collaboration within two PIMH services in Australia.

Engaging women at risk for poor perinatal mental health outcomes: a mixed-methods study.

Risk factors for poor perinatal mental health are well known. Psychosocial assessment and depression screening during the perinatal period aim to identify women at risk for poor perinatal outcomes. Early intervention programmes are known to improve the mental health outcomes of women and infants.

Therapeutic interventions in perinatal and infant mental health services: a mixed methods inquiry.

Perinatal mental health disorders potentially have long-term negative sequelae for women, their infants and their families. Multidisciplinary perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) services are an emerging specialty in mental health designed to improve mother-infant outcomes. This mixed methods study explored the characteristics of women referred to a specialist PIMH service and the therapeutic interventions that PIMH clinicians use.

'My special time': Australian women's experiences of accessing a specialist perinatal and infant mental health service.

Women who have few social supports, poor health and a history of stressful life events are at risk of poor mental health during the perinatal period. Infants of parents whose parenting capacity is compromised are also at risk of adverse outcomes. Specifically, poor perinatal mental health can impact maternal-infant attachment.

Child and family health nurses working with families of preschool-aged children.

Aims And Objectives: To examine child and family health nurses' perceptions of and practices related to working with families of preschool-aged children about their child's behaviour.

Background: Emotional and behavioural problems in young children are of increasing concern. Child and family health nurses are well placed to support parents and provide education about behavioural concerns.

Collaboration and integrated services for perinatal mental health: an integrative review.

Background:   An integrative review was undertaken to synthesise the research related to professionals' perceptions and experiences of working in collaborative and integrated models of perinatal care for women with mental health problems.

Method:   A search of the databases CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, Psychinfo and Scopus was conducted. Studies were limited to English language papers published from 2000 to 2010.