The definitive reference in the field--now significantly revised with 75% new material--this volume examines typical and atypical development from birth to the preschool years and identifies what works in helping children and families at risk. Foremost experts explore neurobiological, family, and sociocultural factors in infant mental health, with a major focus on primary caregiving relationships. Risk factors for developmental problems are analyzed, and current information on disorders and disabilities of early childhood is presented. The volume showcases evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention and describes applications in mental health, primary care, child care, and child welfare settings.
 
New to This Edition:
*Chapters on genetic and epigenetic processes, executive functions, historical trauma, and neglect.
*Chapters on additional clinical problems: hyperactivity and inattention, sensory overresponsivity, and relationship-specific disorder.
*Chapters on additional interventions: attachment and biobehavioral catch-up, video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline, parent–child interaction therapy, and home visiting programs.
*Existing chapters all rewritten or revised to reflect a decade's worth of empirical and clinical advances.
 

I. Development and Context
1. Infant Mental Health: The Clinical Science of Early Experience, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. & Paula Doyle Zeanah
2. Pregnancy and Infant Mental Health, Arietta Slade & Lois S. Sadler
3. Neurobiology of Fetal and Infant Development: Implications for Infant Mental Health, Anne E. Berens & Charles A. Nelson
4. Genetic and Epigenetic Processes in Infant Mental Health, Andrew R. Dismukes, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff, & Stacy S. Drury
5. The Neurobiology of Stress and Adversity in Infancy, Stephanie F. Thompson, Cara J. Kiff, & Katie A. McLaughlin
6. Infant Social and Emotional Development: Emerging Competence in a Relational Context, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Carolyn J. Dayton, & Maria Muzik
7. Emerging Executive Functions in Early Childhood, Jennifer M. McDermott & Nathan A. Fox
8. Wounds from the Past: Integrating Historical Trauma into a Multicultural Infant Mental Health Framework, Chandra Michiko Ghosh Ippen
II. Risk and Protective Factors
9. Poverty, Early Experience and Brain Development, Luciane R. Piccolo & Kimberly G. Noble
10. Postnatal Depression and Young Children’s Development, Lynne Murray, Sarah Halligan, & Peter Cooper
11. Parental Substance Abuse, Neil W. Boris, Kimberly Renk, Amanda Lowell, & Ellen Kolomeyer
12. Prematurity: Identifying Risks and Promoting Resilience, Prachi E. Shah, Joy Browne, & Julie Poehlmann-Tynan
13. The Effects of Violent Experiences on Infants and Young Children, Daniel S. Schechter, Erica Willheim, Francesca Suardi, & Sandra Rusconi Serpa
14. Neglect, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Lucy S. King, & Ian H. Gotlib
III. Assessment
15. Caregiver Report Measures of Early Childhood Social Emotional Functioning, Leandra Godoy, Annie Davis, Amy Heberle, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, & Alice S. Carter
16. Assessing the Relational Context of Infants and Young Children, Julie A. Larrieu, Melissa A. Middleton, Anna C. Kelley, & Charles H. Zeanah, Jr.
IV. Psychopathology
17. Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, and Inattention in Young Children, Mary Margaret Gleason & Kathryn L. Humphreys
18. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Marianne L. Barton & Julia Chen
19. Sensory Overresponsivity, Timothy W. Soto, Vivian M. Ciaramitaro, & Alice S. Carter
20. Communication Disorders in Infants and Toddlers, Meredith Saletta & Jennifer Windsor
21. Intellectual Disabilities, Robert M. Hodapp & Elisabeth M. Dykens
22. Sleep Disorders, Judith Owens & Melissa M. Burnham
23. Eating and Feeding Disorders in Early Childhood, Miri Keren
24. Developmental Emergence of Disruptive Behaviors Beginning in Infancy: Delineating Normal/Abnormal Boundaries to Enhance Early Identification, Dorota Biedzio & Lauren S. Wakschlag
25. Depression in Early Childhood, Joan L. Luby & Diana Whalen
26. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Young Children, Devi Miron & Whitney Sturdy
27. Attachment Disorders in Early Childhood, Julianna Finelli, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. & Anna T. Smyke
28. Relationship-Specific Disorder of Early Childhood, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. & Alicia F. Lieberman
V. Intervention
29. Child–Parent Psychotherapy: A Trauma-Informed Treatment for Young Children and Their Caregivers, Alicia F. Lieberman, Miriam Hernandez Dimmler, & Chandra Michiko Ghosh Ippen
30. The Circle of Security, Joe Coyne, Bert Powell, Kent Hoffman, & Glen Cooper
31. Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Mary Dozier & Kristin Bernard
32. Reflections on the Mirror: On Video Feedback to Promote Positive Parenting and Infant Mental Health, Marian J. Bakersmans-Kranenberg, Femmie Juffer, & Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
33. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy, Monica Stevens & Amanda N’zi
34. Foster Care in Early Childhood, Anna T. Smyke & Angela S. Breidenstine
VI. Applications of Infant Mental Health
35. Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training: Updates, New Directions, Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier, Paula Doyle Zeanah, & Julie A. Larrieu
36. Infant Mental Health in Primary Care, Mary Margaret Gleason
37. Child Care and Early Education as Context for Infant Mental Health, Allison Boothe Trigg & Angela W. Keyes
38. Infant Mental Health and Home Visiting: Needs, Approaches, Opportunities and Cautions, Paula Doyle Zeanah & Jon Korfmacher
39. Investing in Early Childhood Development and Infant Mental Health, Geoffrey A. Nagle