Perinatal psychology and early infancy: New developments in Argentina

OIBERMAN, A; SANTOS S..,NIERI LILIANA, GALLI M.,MISIC M.; MANSILLA, M

Cap Town

Congreso; World Association for Infant Mental Health 13th Biennial World Congress; 2012

World Association for Infant Mental Health

Obstetric-Perinatal Psychological Intervention (OPPI): a new device in perinatal mental health. Author: Lic. Miryam Galli tHE aim of the poster is to present a new device in perinatal psychology, specifically designed to intervene during pregnancy, labor and delivery. In this research, it could be detected that during the postpartum period women are able to express life events that they had experienced during pregnancy and were associated with perinatal pathologies, such us premature birth or complications during delivery. For that reason, a specific and new psychological device was created: Obstetric-Perinatal Psychological Intervention (OPPI). The goal of the mentioned device is to detect the stressors associated at the moment in which the physical symptoms appear. The OPPI is applied within an interdisciplinary approach, in order to integrate the multiplicity of interrelated factors involved in maternal bio-psycho-social assistance. We will present the characteristics of the device: Obstetric- Perinatal Psychological Intervention (OPPI), presenting the specific interventions during each of the moments in which OPPI is applied: psychological assistance in pregnancy pathologies, support during labor and delivery/childbirth and immediate postpartum, support intra-surgical in c-sections and network support Obstetricneonatal. The immediate postpartum period and its impact in child development. Author: Lic. Misic Marcela Since immediate postpartum it’s possible to observe the firsts interactions in the dyad mother-baby, considering that maternity is not only a biologic phenomenon, but also motherhood as a psycho-affective process that can be developed or not. Due to the fact that the detection of the qualities of the first dyadic interactions, as well as their absence, is an important preventive action in maternal-infant health, we proposed the theoretical concept of Maternal Register which involves: Primary Maternal Concern (Winnicott), Maternal Reverie (Bion) and Maternal 84 Function (Spitz), and is expressed in active caring behaviors. We conclude, that the observation and recognition of maternal behavior’s characteristic during the immediate postpartum and the evaluation of the presence or absence of maternal register, enhace a healthy biopsychologic and cognitive development in infants, and create a common criterion in health professionals, to assess psychological conditions when the mother is discharged from hospitalization. Mother-Incubator-Baby interaction: A study of the bonding process in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Author: Dra. María Soledad Santos. CIIPME-CONICET The advances in obstetric and neonatal medicine enabled the survival of babies who are born premature or with neonatal pathologies. Also, the long periods of confinement and the entrance of parents in the NICU, created new contexts where the bonding process and the first interactions mother-baby are developed. In order to assess this bonding process and with the goal of accomplishing the early detection of risk indicators in the mother-baby bond during internment in NICU, an observational scale called N-EOV-INC was created. N-EOV-INC includes 21 items divided in 6 functions: Approach, Contact with the incubator, Corporal, Visual, Verbal and Postural function; and its properties of reliability and validity had been studied. The aim of the poster is to present the results obtained from a study, which evaluates the interaction of mother and baby-in-incubator and its characteristics, using the N-EOVINC. In the analysis of the results obtained from the administration to 146 dyads, it was detected that when a baby is in an incubator, this technological device does not block the interaction of mother and baby. In stead, both mother and baby find different communication channels overcoming the meddling of the incubator. Therefore, the interaction mother-incubator-baby presents particular characteristic due to the NICU context, which allows the development of a healthy bond. The impact of malnutrition in the deterioration of sensory motor intelligence of infants: Emotional behaviors associated to risk or protective factors Author: Lic Mariela Mansilla In this poster the results of a research regarding the cognitive development in infants will be presented. The mentioned study assesses and compares the results of sensorymotor intelligence (n=100) in helathy babies and dystrophic babies. Prevalence of delayed sensory motor intelligence in anemic infants Mariela Mansilla & Dr. Verica Agustina. The aim of this poster is to present the results from a study about the evaluation of the intelligence in 50 anemic babies and in 50 non-anemic babies. Socioeconomic variables and variables related to mother-child relationship are discussed.