TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of maternal mood disorder and infant behaviour disturbance in an Australian private mothercraft unit
T2 - A follow-up study
AU - Fisher, Jane
AU - Feekery, C.
AU - Rowe, H.
PY - 2004/2/1
Y1 - 2004/2/1
N2 - Australia has a system of residential parentcraft services which offer brief admissions to mothers experiencing difficulties with infant care and postnatal mood disturbance. Most of these are state-funded public access services. In 1996 a comparable but differentiated service was opened in the private sector. Masada Private Hospital Mother Baby Unit accommodates five mother-infant pairs who are admitted to a five-night structured residential program. Care is provided by a multi-disciplinary team comprising a paediatrician, general practitioner, clinical psychologist and specialist nurses. Complex maternal mood disorders as measured on standardised psychometric instruments include depression, anxiety and severe occupational fatigue. Their babies are unsettled, cry for prolonged periods, wake frequently at night and do not sleep well during the day. Many have feeding difficulties. The treatment program comprises both individualised training in infant care and settling strategies and psycho-educational groups offered in a supportive non-judgemental setting. One month post-discharge maternal mood is significantly improved and infant behaviour more manageable compared with functioning on admission.
AB - Australia has a system of residential parentcraft services which offer brief admissions to mothers experiencing difficulties with infant care and postnatal mood disturbance. Most of these are state-funded public access services. In 1996 a comparable but differentiated service was opened in the private sector. Masada Private Hospital Mother Baby Unit accommodates five mother-infant pairs who are admitted to a five-night structured residential program. Care is provided by a multi-disciplinary team comprising a paediatrician, general practitioner, clinical psychologist and specialist nurses. Complex maternal mood disorders as measured on standardised psychometric instruments include depression, anxiety and severe occupational fatigue. Their babies are unsettled, cry for prolonged periods, wake frequently at night and do not sleep well during the day. Many have feeding difficulties. The treatment program comprises both individualised training in infant care and settling strategies and psycho-educational groups offered in a supportive non-judgemental setting. One month post-discharge maternal mood is significantly improved and infant behaviour more manageable compared with functioning on admission.
KW - Depression, postpartum
KW - Infant sleep disorder
KW - Maternal health
KW - Postnatal care
KW - Postnatal mood disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1442349837&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00737-003-0041-5
DO - 10.1007/s00737-003-0041-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 14963738
AN - SCOPUS:1442349837
SN - 1434-1816
VL - 7
SP - 89
EP - 93
JO - Archives of Women's Mental Health
JF - Archives of Women's Mental Health
IS - 1
ER -