SAFE START: AN EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN A TERTIARY HEALTHCARE SETTING—A CRITICAL REVIEW
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Early childhood mental health programs are vital for the current and future mental health and brain development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Founded in 2014, Safe Start is the only early childhood mental health program in Beirut, Lebanon. It aims at being the prototype of such services at the national level. A retrospective analysis of the outcomes of the first year of operations has resulted in important findings about the age of the participants, their diagnoses, previous therapies that the participants have undergone, types of referrals recommended, and the number of participants who were lost to follow-up. This first analysis pointed at the need for more in-depth research to encompass the gaps and benefits of such services. It shows the pivotal importance of designing awareness strategies about the importance of early childhood mental health services and care; to move from a diagnostic seeking behavior to commitment to psychotherapy and follow-up interventions. © 2017 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health
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Analyse rétrospective, Análisis retrospectivo, Intervención de salud mental, Intervention de santé mentale, Intervention im bereich der psychischen gesundheit, Kleinkinder, Mental health intervention, Niños pequeñitos, Petits enfants, Retrospective analysis, Retrospektive analyse, Toddlers, Autism spectrum disorder, Child, Child health services, Child, preschool, Developmental disabilities, Female, Humans, Infant, Language development disorders, Male, Mental health, Mental health services, Retrospective studies, Tertiary healthcare, Adjustment disorder, Age, Anxiety disorder, Article, Attention deficit disorder, Autism, Behavior disorder, Brain development, Child development, Child psychiatry, Communication disorder, Developmental delay, Early childhood intervention, Follow up, Help seeking behavior, Human, Language disability, Learning disorder, Lebanon, Major clinical study, Medical record review, Medical research, Mental health care, Mental health service, Obsessive compulsive disorder, Outcome assessment, Patient compliance, Patient referral, Preschool child, Priority journal, Psychosocial disorder, Psychotherapy, Retrospective study, Tertiary health care, Child health care, Developmental disorder, Developmental language disorder, Organization and management