title: [The possibility of preventing interactive disorders in the case of prolonged mother-infant separation at birth].
abstract: Considerable concern has been expressed that separation of mother and child following birth may interfere with early parent-child relationship and give to problems in the later psychosocial development of the child. In earlier publications we have evaluated the aspects of parents' emotional state and parent-infant interaction in 43 high-risk babies, hospitalized at birth for a period of one-three months. Recurrent interactive patterns and psychosomatic disturbances have been defined in their peculiarities. In this study we expose the results of our experience with 35 infants having the same characteristics as the preceding group, after adopting measures which elicit the parents' participation in looking after the baby in NICU and after studying methodologies of intervention during the follow-up programs which assess the neuropsychological conditions of the infants and their relations with their parents. We have observed a significant reduction of psychosomatic disturbances in the second group (20% vs 64%).
authors.affiliation: U.O. Pediatria, U.S.L. n. 6, Lucca, Italia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Domenici
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Papini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Possibilità di prevenzione dei disturbi interattivi in caso di prolungata separazione madre-bambino alla nascita.