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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 2001, reprinted 2003. Genetics and fetal antecedents of disease susceptibility. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 17 pp. (From cells to selves)

Annotation: This publication discusses the interaction of the genotype with socioeconomic, environmental, and psychological factors in the fetal and postnatal environment that contribute to an individual's health or susceptibility to disease. Report contents include the strategic planning process, goals and objectives, scope of the plan, scientific context and opportunities, research priorities, infrastructure priorities, and priority methodology and policy issues. The appendix includes the roster of advisors.

Keywords: Congenital abnormalities, Environmental health, Genetics, Hereditary diseases, Morbidity, Mortality, Patient education materials, Psychological needs, Socioeconomic factors

U.S. Center for Mental Health Services and National Institute of Mental Health. 1999. Mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Center for Mental Health Services; Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, 458 pp., exec. summ. (21 pp.).

Annotation: This report is a summary of an extensive review of more than 3,000 research articles and other materials in the field of mental health. Chapter 1 is an overview of the themes in the report and includes copies of the conclusions from the chapters that follow. Chapter 2 is titled the Fundamentals of Mental Health and Mental Illness. It discusses the structure of the brain, the etiology and epidemiology of mental illness, physical and psychological development, risk factors and prevention, mental health services, and cultural diversity as a factor in treatment and response. Chapter 3 is about children and mental health. It examines normal development, risk factors and prevention, mental disorders in children, and health service delivery. Chapter 4 discusses adults and mental health, and chapter 5 focuses on older adults. The topic of Chapter 6 is organizing and financing mental health services. Chapter 7 deals with ethical, legal, and policy issues in the confidentiality of mental health information. Chapter 8 proposes broad courses of action to remove barriers that prevent people from obtaining mental health treatment.

Keywords: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Children, Confidentiality, Cultural diversity, Epidemiology, Ethics, Etiology, Health care financing, Legal issues, Mental disorders, Mental health, Mental health services, Models, Older adults, Physical development, Prevention, Psychological development, Public opinion, Reports, Risk factors, Service delivery

Leffert N, Benson P, Roehlkepartain JL. 1997. Starting out right: Developmental assets for children. Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute, 116 pp.

Annotation: This book offers information on the developmental assets needed by children to grow into resilient, socially responsible, and productive adults. The book concentrates on the attitudes, skills and community supports which foster good developmental outcomes in children and youth. A model of forty developmental assets are identified, and information is given on how these forty assets were selected. External assets are categorized as support, empowerment, boundaries, and constructive use of time. Internal assets are categorized as commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies and positive identity. A list of suggested readings is included.

Keywords: Child behavior, Child development, Community role, Emotional maturity, Protective factors, Psychological characteristics, Psychosocial development

Musick JS. 1993. Young, poor, and pregnant. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 271 pp.

Annotation: This book discusses the psychological components that accompany adolescent parenthood. The author examines the effect of personal histories as well as broader social factors such as poverty and violence in shaping the psychological development of a adolescent parent. Specific chapters focus on topics such as adolescent psychosocial development, intervention programs, and adolescents as parents.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents, Mental health, Psychological factors, Psychosocial development

Hauser ST, Powers SI, Noam GG. 1991. Adolescents and their families: Paths of ego development. New York, NY: Free Press, 318 pp.

Annotation: This book describes the development of self-esteem in adolescents and the role the family plays in nurturing or hindering that process. Case reports cited were collected as part of the Adolescent and Family Development Study (Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Mental Health Center). Part One discusses the concept of ego development and the family, assessment of family interactions, and adolescent developmental patterns. Part Two consists of individual portraits of adolescents in various stages of ego development. Part Three details family relationships that promote adolescent self-esteem. Samples of the study's assessment tools and coding schemes are included as appendices.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Family relations, Psychological evaluation, Psychological factors

Goplerud EN, ed. 1990. Breaking new ground for youth at risk: Program summaries. Rockville, MD: U.S. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, 171 pp. (OSAP technical report; 1)

Annotation: This report presents a summary of the 130 demonstration grants funded by the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) in 1987 to develop, test, and evaluate promising approaches for working with high-risk youth. These approaches involve prevention, intervention, and treatment programs as well as comprehensive, community-wide projects. This report is one in a series of OSAP Technical Reports which provide information about effective prevention activities for working with high-risk youth.

Keywords: Adolescents, Alcohol use, Community programs, Cultural factors, Demonstration programs, Intervention, Parents, Prevention, Psychological factors, Self esteem, Substance abuse

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. 1986. Social and psychological aspects of genetic disorders: A selected bibliography. Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 51 pp.

Annotation: This bibliography includes books, articles, and audiovisuals that help health professionals provide genetic services more effectively. Topics covered include adoption, chromosomal anomalies, clergy involvement and pastoral care, coping, decision making, disabilities and chronic illness, education, ethical and legal issues, family dynamics, genetic counseling, genetic screening, mourning and grieving, prenatal diagnosis, siblings, social work intervention, specific disorders, and support groups.

Keywords: Genetic counseling, Genetic disorders, Psychological factors, Social factors

Klaus MH, Kennell JH. 1982. Parent-infant bonding. (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Company, 314 pp.

Annotation: This book is the revised edition of Maternal-Infant Bonding, which was first published in 1976. It provides a theoretical basis for professionals who are learning to care for families and children, whether the children are healthy or have special needs. By examining the bonding process, the authors focus on the earliest relationship a baby develops with its parents and on the factors that may affect that process. In addition to the material covering the relationships between parents and healthy infants, the books includes chapters that consider how professionals can care for the parents of premature or sick infants, for parents of infants with congenital malformations, and for parents of infants who were stillborn or who die. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Bonding, Family relations, Father child relations, Infants, Mother child relations, Newborn infants, Parents, Psychological factors, Siblings

Brazelton TB. 1981. On becoming a family: The growth of attachment. New York, NY: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 210 pp.

Borg S, Lasker J. 1981. When pregnancy fails: Families coping with miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death. Boston, MA: Beacon Press,

Richardson SA, Guttmacher AF, eds. 1967. Childbearing: Its social and psychological aspects. [Baltimore]: Williams and Wilkins, 334 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this book is to review studies of reproduction whose content and levels of concern are oriented toward a social-science viewpoint, to examine the issues raised in these studies, and to suggest areas in which further research may contribute to an increased understanding of reproduction. To introduce the subject matter and provide a perspective for approaching the reviews, the authors delineate some of the underlying concepts of the research described in this volume and exemplify them with points derived from the reviews and other sources. These underlying concepts are psychological stress, social class, customs and practices, values, policy and legislation, and animal and human behavior.

Keywords: Childbirth, Environment, Psychological characteristics, Reproduction, Sociocultural factors

Treadway WL, Lundberg EO. 1919. Mental defect in a rural county: A medico-psychological and social study of mentally defective children in Sussex County, Delaware. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 96 pp. (Children's Bureau publication; no. 48; Dependent, defective, and delinquent classes series; no. 7)

Annotation: The purpose of this report was to report data on the prevalence of mental defect in a rural population, to analyze the social conditions surrounding mentally defective children, and to investigate the extent of need for public provision for their care. The report lists 17 general conclusions including the finding that the state must make provision for mentally defective children whose families can not give them the care and protection necessary. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Keywords: Children, Disabilities, Institutionalization, Medical evaluation, Mental disorders, Mental retardation, Psychological evaluation, Rural health, Social factors
   

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