The Early Infancy of a Parent and Baby Mental Health Unit: A Reflection.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Maternal and Child Health Journal Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI:10.1007/s10995-024-04027-w

Sophie Isobel, Alison Green, Sylvia Lim-Gibson

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Abstract

Purpose: This article describes the experience of establishing a new parent and baby mental health unit, including challenges in the first year of operation. The article aims to narrate the experience for the purpose of informing other new mental health services and contributing to service development knowledge.

Description: The analogy of the early infancy period is used to highlight the parallel process of adjustment, confidence and identity formation occurring as part of the unit development and by the parents who are admitted.

Assessment: Key challenges are presented as "We had a baby and moved house at the same time", "We had a baby with someone we just met", "We had ghosts in our communal nursery" and "We were juggling the baby and the bathwater".

Conclusion: The establishment of a new unit provides an opportunity to reflect on the complexity of building workforce, service and clinical capacity within the constraints of public health services. The challenges along the way have helped to build empathy for the experiences of the admitted parents who equally find that things have not gone how they have planned, while finding emerging opportunities for growth, resilience and change.

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亲子心理健康室的早期雏形：反思。

目的：本文介绍了建立一个新的亲子心理健康单位的经验，包括在第一年运作中所面临的挑战。文章旨在叙述这一经验，以便为其他新的心理健康服务机构提供借鉴，并为服务发展知识做出贡献：文章通过对婴儿早期的类比，强调了作为机构发展的一部分，以及入院父母在适应、信心和身份形成方面所经历的平行过程：主要挑战包括："我们同时有了孩子和搬了家"、"我们和刚认识的人有了孩子"、"我们的公共托儿所里有幽灵 "以及 "我们在孩子和洗澡水之间徘徊"：新单位的建立为我们提供了一个反思的机会，即在公共卫生服务的限制条件下，建立工作队伍、服务和临床能力的复杂性。一路走来所遇到的挑战有助于对入院父母的经历产生共鸣，他们同样发现事情并没有像他们计划的那样发展，同时也发现了成长、适应力和变革的新机遇。

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Maternal and Child Health Journal PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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3.20

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4.30%

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271

期刊介绍： Maternal and Child Health Journal is the first exclusive forum to advance the scientific and professional knowledge base of the maternal and child health (MCH) field. This bimonthly provides peer-reviewed papers addressing the following areas of MCH practice, policy, and research: MCH epidemiology, demography, and health status assessment Innovative MCH service initiatives Implementation of MCH programs MCH policy analysis and advocacy MCH professional development. Exploring the full spectrum of the MCH field, Maternal and Child Health Journal is an important tool for practitioners as well as academics in public health, obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal medicine, pediatrics, and neonatology. Sponsors include the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH), and CityMatCH.