On Integrated Care for Crying Infants: Team troubleshooting baby's distress

Photo: From Donna Weston's presentation, How to use the Diagnostic Classification 0-3

 

Adults go to a sleep clinic. Now babies can, too. -gw

 

For two years, researchers at the Infant Behavior, Cry and Sleep Clinic at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island followed 61 families whose babies had problems with colic, excessive crying and poor sleep.

All the families kept their scheduled pediatric visits, but half were also given regular appointments at the infant behavior clinic, where they received integrated care in three sessions over 10-week periods. In this case, integrated care refers to tag-team intervention that includes a developmental pediatrician, a mental health clinician, social workers and clinical and developmental psychologists, who collaborate to troubleshoot both the baby’s distress and the impact that colic has on the parents and their relationship with their newborn.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/29/help-for-colic-individual-tlc-for-both-babies-and-parents/#ixzz1wId5tB42