The first and only comprehensive manual covering eight decades of multi-disciplinary research that informs a core competency in the aetiology, prevalence, consequences, and management of procedure induced anxiety experienced by children undergoing medical intervention. A clear and accessible guide for all medical professionals caring for children.

This addresses the provision of therapeutic help for babies and parents when their attachment relationship and the baby's development are at risk.

Provides essential information about neonatal stabilization for maternal/infant caregivers and focuses exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants. S.T.A.B.L.E. stands for the 6 assessment parameters in the program: Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support for the family.

Full of helpful information and advice, this is the perfect introduction to child trauma for any adult caring for or working with a child who has experienced trauma. It explains what trauma is, how it affects children and what adults can do to facilitate recovery.

Substantially revised and updated, the new edition of this acclaimed resource for neonatal nurse practitioners and NICU clinicians remains the only book to provide the most current, evidence-based caring strategies for managing current and later-life trauma associated with the NICU experience.

A clinically tested treatment protocol for Functional Abdominal Pain in young children. Using the Feelings and Body Investigators (FBI), this playful handbook empowers children and families to be detectives who investigate the wisdom of the body probing different types of pain, emotions, and all the body's cryptic messages.

When mothers feel depressed in the months after childbirth, their feelings have often been dismissed as understandable reactions to the stress of caring for a new baby, perhaps complicated by family and marital demands.