title: Discharge planning for the high-risk neonate: a consultation-liaison role for the infant mental health specialist.
abstract: Frequent difficulties in discharge planning for the high-risk neonate are discussed, and case material is used to illustrate brief, focused psychiatric consultation-liaison intervention on behalf of an infant and its parents at high medical and psychosocial risk, respectively. Familial and hospital team dynamics, particularly issues of affective bonding, are examined, and the role of the infant mental health specialist is delineated. Principals of consultation in the neonatal services unit are outlined.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000523:psychology; D012306:Risk; D012380:Role