Infant mental health services: a newborn screener.
In order to identify newborns at psychosocial risk so that intervention could be provided proactively, a screener was developed for use by nurses in the hospital. The situational and interactional content of the screener are described. The screener was validated against 1 month and 1 year scores on measures assessing the environment and parent-infant interaction. Correlations with 1 year data suggest predictive validity.
D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008824:Michigan; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012306:Risk