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The ultimate goal of perinatal mental health care is the next generation’s wellbeing. During the perinatal period, the infant establishes autonomous internal regulation of feeding and emotions, and rhythms of sleep and elimination. Perinatal mental health care focuses on problems in these basic functions as well as on the mother-infant dyad. In this chapter, we describe feeding problems and disorders.
Feeding problems are not rare if they are minor or temporary; however, only 1% of infants have a serious feeding disorder. Feeding problems are assessed by using a comprehensive procedure including the assessment of the infant’s and mother’s behaviors, the mother and infant relationship, and various psychosocial and environmental factors. Feeding disorders are treated by a multidisciplinary team, including psychiatrists, pediatricians, dietitians, speech therapists, and psychologists. For the outpatient treatment of feeding disorders, it is important to target the mother-infant interaction in daily situations, such as meal time, directly.
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Nishikii, Y., Yoshida, K. (2020). Infant Feeding and Clinical Problems. In: Taylor, E., Verhulst, F., Wong, J., Yoshida, K., Nikapota, A. (eds) Mental Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0753-8_28-1
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